Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild problem

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Sonntag, 19. August 2012, 00:37:36 schrieb Reinhard Kotucha:
> Hi,
> I'm using Gentoo for a couple of years and am quite amazed how good it
> works.  So thanks to all involved in its develpoment.
>
> However, after today's update, when I run revdep-rebuild, I get the
> message
>
>  * Checking dynamic linking consistency
>  *   broken /usr/lib64/libogrove.la (requires -lstdc++)
>  *   broken /usr/lib64/libospgrove.la (requires -lstdc++)
>  *   broken /usr/lib64/libostyle.la (requires -lstdc++)

so, find out which package these three belong to - and remove them.
n
>
>    emerge --update --pretend

why pretend?

>
> I'm warned in advance if a portage update is available.  It seems that
> emerge is able to warn about critical updates.

only about portage updates.

>
> On the other hand it happpened several times that *after* an update
> I've been told that my system is completely broken and will not
> re-boot unless I compile a new kernel.

really? never saw that. Only with xorg-drivers after a xorg-server update.

> It would be nice if I can be
> warned *before* I run emerge without the --pretend option.  Then I
> could postpone the update to the next weekend, when I have more time.

so you want portage to read every single ebuild, making the operation A LOT 
longer? I am sorry but I am not willing to waste so much time.

>
> My propsal is to add a warning similar to that I get when portage
> updates are available, so that users know in advance that a particular
> update will break the system.

please enlighten me which update breaks a system. Can't remember one. Hm, back 
with libss&co maybe?

>
> Of course, this mailing list is not the proper place for such
> suggestions.  Can anybody tell me whom I should ask?

bugzilla. Feature request.

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