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If you haven't noticed, I just added a new 'preserve-libs' feature for |
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bug 62207 that moves shared object that are still used but would be |
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removed on an update into the new package instance (so on a update from |
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expat-1 to expat-2 the user would still have libexpat.so.0, owned by |
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expat-2). The actual match criteria are a bit stricter, but you get the |
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idea. I think this is an long overdue bugfix, but given past |
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discussions not everyone has the same opinion, though the last |
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discussion about it ended without a conclusion (at least none that I |
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could see). |
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So everyone who has valid objections to the _general idea_ of this |
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implementation (preserving old libraries to avoid some runtime linker |
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errors) speak up now. |
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Just keep the following things in mind: |
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- I'm not claiming that it's a silver bullet to all possible runtime |
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linker problems, it's supposed to cover some of the common cases (like |
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the expat problem) |
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- I'm not claiming that the implementation is perfect yet |
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- This feature is currently optional, so I'm not forcing it down on |
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anyone (in fact it's completely hidden for now). Of course if people |
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start using it ebuild devs will have to deal with it sooner or later, |
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but lets discuss it here first. |
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Marius |
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Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub |
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In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be |
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Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better. |
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