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On Fri, 7 Dec 2012 16:56:18 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> > @preserved-rebuild is getting very good at what it does lately |
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> > (supported in all recent portage version including stable IIRC), as is |
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> > --depclean, so revdep-rebuild seldom finds anything to do these days. |
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> If revdep-rebuild does everything that @preserved-rebuild does and more, |
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> why run @preserved-rebuild at all? |
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revdep-rebuild repairs a system broken by updates. @preserved-rebuild |
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prevents updates breaking the system by emerge not removing old versions |
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of libraries until nothing needs them. If you don't run it, those old |
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libraries will remain forever. |
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revdep-rebuild is a kludge, a useful, valuable and previously essential |
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kludge, but a kludge nonetheless. Not needing it is a good thing. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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