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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:53:12
Message-Id: 200609230950.13347.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable by Brian Harring
1 On Saturday 23 September 2006 09:14, Brian Harring wrote:
2 > You're assuming that after the merge of the pkg that breaks
3 > compatibility, building is actually _still_ possible for the depends.
4
5 of course i am; i just said that portage would make sure to not unmerge any
6 ABI lib still in use
7
8 > We don't classify our deps as actual build depends vs link depends; as
9 > such trying to (essentially) "patch things up after" allow for the
10 > scenario where merging breaks the toolchain, thus building isn't
11 > possible.
12
13 huh ? RDEPEND is linktime ... see my statement above
14
15 > > - once all the packages requested have been merged, you start the second
16 > > phase and calculate everything that needs to be rebuilt. as ABI libs are
17 > > no longer needed on a system, portage can scrub them out
18 >
19 > "as ABI libs are no longer needed on a system", phrasing of that
20 > implies you're suggesting that portage should leave the older package
21 > in place till it's updated all revdeps, then wipe it.
22
23 no i am not; read my previous e-mails where i said it would leave behind the 1
24 ABI lib required ... aka whatever is encoded in SONAME
25 -mike

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>