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I've been running gentoo on my server, my notebook and a few VMWares. |
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I always run the revdep-rebuild when I do some 'emerge world' operations. |
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I can't think of a single time I've seen this thing actually complete, when |
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there were packages to be rebuilt. |
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EVERY time it pukes on something not being in the portage tree it seems (or |
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masked). |
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It generates some line like this: |
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emerge --oneshot =app-admin/gnome-system-tools-1.4.1 |
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=app-editors/gedit-2.12.1 =app-text/evince-0.5.0 |
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=gnome-base/control-center-2.12.2-r1 =gnome-base/gdm-2.8.0.7 ...... |
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What I don't understand is why doesn't it just do this: |
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emerge app-admin/gnome-system-tools app-editors/gedit app-text/evince |
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gnome-base/control-center gnome-base/gdm |
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In other words, why does it try to force the = and the version? |
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More often than not, if I take those off (like the second line), then shit |
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just works. |
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Why wouldn't I want the latest version of the packages, since I need to sit |
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through the compile anyways. |
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vmware ~ # revdep-rebuild --help |
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Usage: /usr/bin/revdep-rebuild [OPTIONS] [--] [EMERGE_OPTIONS] |
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Broken reverse dependency rebuilder. |
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-X, --package-names recompile based on package names, not exact versions |
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--soname SONAME recompile packages using library with SONAME instead |
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of broken library (SONAME providing library must be |
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present in the system) |
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--soname-regexp SONAME |
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the same as --soname, but accepts grep-style regexp |
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-q, --quiet be less verbose |
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Calls emerge, all other options are used for it (e. g. -p, --pretend). |
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(there is STILL no man page for this tool) |
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I've tried the flag --package-names, but it doesn't seem to do anything |
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different. |
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Am I being retarded? |
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I've tried it this way: |
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revdep-rebuild -Xav |
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revdep-rebuild -av --package-names |
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revdep-rebuild -av -X --package-names |
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They all ultimately result in the same "emerge" statement being generated |
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(WITH the versions) *sigh* |
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