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On Tuesday 15 May 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday 15 May 2007, Caleb Tennis wrote: |
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> > > * - This version has a new soname, so it will require a |
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> > > revdep-rebuild, which is probably why it hasn't been stabilized as |
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> > > of now. |
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> > so add a call to preserve_old_lib / preserve_old_lib_notify like |
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> > should have been in there in the first place ... see latest readline |
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> > ebuild for an example |
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> preserve_old_lib is a horrible hack that shouldn't be being used at all. |
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> Don't push it as an alternative for proper slotting. |
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funny, i could say the same thing for your "proper slotting" |
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SLOTing is for API changes, not ABI changes |
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ABI tracking is the realm of the package manager and until portage has this |
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integrated, the preserve_old_lib hack is the current solution |
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-mike |
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