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On 2015-10-20 at 22:11:24 -0700, zmedico@g.o wrote: |
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> Any packages that are not reachable from @world are ripe for removal by |
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> --depclean, so we allow their dependencies to break in order to satisfy |
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> other dependencies (like in bug 563482). If you don't use --deep, then |
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> emerge may try to build something that depends on one of these |
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> unreachable packages with broken dependencies, such that whatever you |
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> are trying to build has broken indirect dependencies (which is likely to |
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> trigger a build failure like in bug 563482). |
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I think I understand. So, one could get the hypothetical scenario: |
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# emerge --oneshot A # which depends on B |
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# emerge --update @world # shuffles stuff around breaking B |
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# emerge C # which depends on A |
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Package C's dependency is filled, so emerge goes ahead and builds C. |
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Now, either C fails to build, or it is installed but fails at runtime, |
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because it depends on a package which depends on a package which is |
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broken. |
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Sound about right? |
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-- |
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There are problems in today's world that cannot be |
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solved by the level of thinking that created them. |
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-- Albert Einstein |
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