Re: [gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild

[Dale]

Pandu Poluan wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 02:06, Florian Philipp<lists@×××××××××××.net>  wrote:
>
>> Am 25.07.2011 20:56, schrieb Dale:
>>
>>> David W Noon wrote:
>>> On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:27:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote about
>>> "[gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild":
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> After upgrading icu today I found that system-config-printer-common
>>>>>> wouldn't compile because it couldn't find the right icu library.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Revdep-rebuild was required to fix this - so it does still have a use,
>>>>>> after all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> I just had to run preserved-libs and all is well.  I run the unstable
>>> portage tho.  Maybe that makes a difference.
>>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Yes, it does. I seriously can't wait until portage-2.2 is stabilized.
>>
>> BTW: I couldn't find a tracker bug for its stabilization. Is it possible
>> that it doesn't exist?
>>
>>
> Wouldn't it be better to do both `emerge @preserved-libs` and `revdep-rebuild`?
>
> I think I read somewhere that `emerge @preserved-libs` and
> `revdep-rebuild` actually do different things, but with significant
> overlap...
>
> Can't remember where I read that, though...
>
> Rgds,
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>
If it needs you to run preserved-libs it will tell you.  Most of the 
time it will for revdep-rebuild but not always.  It just depends on 
whether or not the dev told it to tell us I guess.

I have no idea what they are waiting on to stabilize portage 2.2.  It 
gets talked about on -dev sometimes but they always leave it unstable.  
I guess they are waiting on the sun to come up in the west or 
something.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-)