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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:24:13
Message-Id: 53D2768E.8070400@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh:
2 > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:09:55 +0000
3 > hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
4 >> Everyone else who thinks got an idea on how to fix dynamic deps
5 >> support (or similar) should:
6 >> * write a PMS patch and get it merged
7 >> * join the portage team and volunteer to implement it instead of
8 >> yelling at them
9 >
10 > That's not really helpful advice: dynamic dependencies can't be fixed.
11 > Instead, you should say that anyone who thinks they have an idea on how
12 > to fix dynamic deps should think about it until they understand why
13 > it's wrong...
14 >
15
16 I was rather talking about the "fix useless rebuilds" issue. It's a
17 valid point.
18
19 What would you suggest? Can the VDB be fixed in another way to avoid
20 such rebuilds?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>