Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Automatic package updates
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:45:32
Message-Id: 20070731083950.7e7ea366@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Automatic package updates by Rumen Yotov
1 Hello Rumen Yotov,
2
3 > > Still doesn't work. The problem is that deps aren't updated unless
4 > > they also require an update. Since enigmail doesn't require an
5 > > update, it doesn't re-install. However, thunderbird can't see it
6 > > unless enigmail is manually re-installed, no matter the USE flags or
7 > > world ordering.
8
9 > Looking in the thunderbird ebuild:
10 > PDEPEND="crypt? (>=x11-plugins/enigmail-0.95.1 )
11 > So if PDEPEND <> DEPEND it should re-emerge enigmail after an update.
12 > enigmail just DEPENDs on TB.
13
14 The ?DEPENDS don't affect this as they are satisfied, all DEPENDed
15 packages are already installed. You should be able to do this by
16 including the necessary commands in a pkg_postinst() function
17 in /etc/portage/env/mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird.
18
19
20 --
21 Neil Bothwick
22
23 EASY TO INSTALL = Difficult to install, but instruction manual has
24 pictures.

Attachments

File name MIME type
signature.asc application/pgp-signature