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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:41:52
Message-Id: 451279D3.9020605@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable by Alin Nastac
1 Alin Nastac wrote:
2 > I reckon this could be solved by yet another *DEPEND variable. The only
3 > atoms accepted by this variable would be "CATEGORY/PN". Every time when
4 > a package gets updated from PV1 to PV2 (distinct versions, revisions
5 > will not count), portage will automatically re-emerge those packages
6 > that depend on it.
7 >
8 > Thoughts?
9 >
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11 It would require revdep resolution on emerge... how painful would be?
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable Alin Nastac <mrness@g.o>