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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild vs. @preserved-rebuild
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:13:42
Message-Id: 20091102231331.2eb2f247@majikthise
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild vs. @preserved-rebuild by Graham Murray
1 On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:40:35 +0000, Graham Murray wrote:
2
3 > The difference is that with the new @preserved-rebuild the 'old' library
4 > is not deleted until all of the dependent packages have been
5 > successfully rebuilt to use the 'new' library.
6
7 This also means that if you don't run emerge @preserved-rebuild, the old
8 libraries will still be hanging around, and revdep-rebuild won't rebuild
9 affected packages because the libraries they link against are still
10 there. revdep-rebuild depends on packages being broken to rebuild them.
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14 Neil Bothwick
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