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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Fwd: [Bug 319061] media-libs/libfoo-1.4.2 update not handled by preserved-libs due to uninstall of older SLOT
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 21:19:33
Message-Id: 4BFEE1DE.2010609@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Fwd: [Bug 319061] media-libs/libfoo-1.4.2 update not handled by preserved-libs due to uninstall of older SLOT by Ben de Groot
1 On 05/28/2010 12:09 AM, Ben de Groot wrote:
2 > On 27 May 2010 22:52, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
3 >> On 05/27/2010 11:27 PM, Ben de Groot wrote:
4 >>> There is no libfoo. This bug is about libpng. Don't try to hide the
5 >>> problem by renaming it.
6 >>
7 >> No, the bug is about Portage 2.2 and @preserved-libs feature.
8 >>
9 >> It was restricted by Arfrever before, then you unrestricted it and the
10 >> (unrelated) bugspam continued because people wandered there by the
11 >> $summary and lack of knowledge what the bug is for.
12 >>
13 >> Marked as duplicate of bug 286714 now.
14 >
15 > Then what is the bug for problems caused by the libpng-1.4 update?
16 >
17 > Cheers,
18 > Ben
19 >
20
21 If you have real bugs to report, open one per one package and make it
22 block the tracker 305095. At the moment, there's none.
23
24 If you want to discuss about local upgrading problems, then use the
25 forums. The ebuild already comes with the workaround script for the
26 broken .la files, and revdep-rebuild is in the gentoolkit package.