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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:20:32
Message-Id: CAA2qdGUnhD-JH2bUq=c4KZJskMXKy4dOtY_qSO8zNb-MNGLZ6Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild by Florian Philipp
1 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 02:06, Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote:
2 >
3 > Am 25.07.2011 20:56, schrieb Dale:
4 > > David W Noon wrote:
5 > > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:27:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote about
6 > > "[gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild":
7 > >
8 > >
9 > >>>> After upgrading icu today I found that system-config-printer-common
10 > >>>> wouldn't compile because it couldn't find the right icu library.
11 > >>>>
12 > >>>> Revdep-rebuild was required to fix this - so it does still have a use,
13 > >>>> after all.
14 > >>>>
15 > [...]
16 > > I just had to run preserved-libs and all is well.  I run the unstable
17 > > portage tho.  Maybe that makes a difference.
18 > [...]
19 >
20 > Yes, it does. I seriously can't wait until portage-2.2 is stabilized.
21 >
22 > BTW: I couldn't find a tracker bug for its stabilization. Is it possible
23 > that it doesn't exist?
24 >
25
26 Wouldn't it be better to do both `emerge @preserved-libs` and `revdep-rebuild`?
27
28 I think I read somewhere that `emerge @preserved-libs` and
29 `revdep-rebuild` actually do different things, but with significant
30 overlap...
31
32 Can't remember where I read that, though...
33
34 Rgds,
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36 Pandu E Poluan
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Re: [gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>