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On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:13:09 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> > That seems to be discussing ABI changes. The X drivers situation is |
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> > different. Also, that issue has largely been resolved, in as much as |
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> > ABI changes don't break things like they used to, with |
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> > @preserved-rebuild. |
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> Huh? |
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@preserved-rebuild largely prevents ABI changes breaking the system by |
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keeping old libraries around until packages have been rebuilt. It's the |
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other way round since the depending packages are affected, whereas here |
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it is the dependencies. |
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> If implemented, that would allow |
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> FORCEREBUILD=x11-drivers/xf86-input* on major Xorg upgrades. |
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Or even @x11-module-rebuild |
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Neil Bothwick |
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