Gentoo Archives: gentoo-catalyst

From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Cc: zmedico@g.o, fuzzyray@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] patch, fix broken seed stage update
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:37:35
Message-Id: CAEdQ38H4k+d8WM0Jom89r3BrHwqPvJ0sgNVrtrQBZZXhkouBKQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-catalyst] patch, fix broken seed stage update by Brian Dolbec
1 On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> wrote:
2 > --- a/doc/catalyst-spec.5.txt
3 > +++ b/doc/catalyst-spec.5.txt
4 > @@ -138,9 +138,19 @@ it should update the seed stage or not (valid values: `yes no`).
5 > *update_seed_command*::
6 > This is an optional command to pass to emerge for updating the seed
7 > stage (example: `--update dev-libs/mpfr dev-libs/mpc dev-libs/gmp`)
8 > -If not specified, catalyst will update gcc deps.
9 > +If not specified, catalyst will update gcc's deps, and rebuild gcc if any of
10 > +it's deps are updated with a new version. Even if it itself is not updated.
11 > +This prevents gcc breakage when it's dependency lib sonames have changed.
12 > This setting requires enabling update_seed.
13 >
14 > +*update_seed_system*::
15 > +This is an optional setting supported by stage1 to tell catalyst if
16 > +it should update the seed's system packages or not (valid values: `yes no`).
17 > +This is run after any update_seed_command, updating any remaining upgradable
18 > +system packages.
19 > +This setting requires enabling update_seed.
20
21 I don't see any need for an update_seed_system option. If someone
22 wants to run emerge @system then they can do:
23
24 update_seed_command: --options @system

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] patch, fix broken seed stage update Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o>