Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Colquhoun <paulcol@×××××××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Changing dependencies without upping version ??
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:32:33
Message-Id: 2266662.ksUCxnlt8l@bluering
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Changing dependencies without upping version ?? by John Blinka
1 On Monday, 25 September 2017 4:51:22 AM AEST John Blinka wrote:
2 > > Is this an officially approved technique?? it is DIRTY.
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4 > I imagine that it is sanctioned, otherwise why would there be a
5 > --changed-deps flag to emerge? Does seem dirty. Glad you asked the
6 > question. Would love to learn why this is allowed. In my experience, it
7 > happens quite often.
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10 Well, --changed-deps is also there for when you change USE flags on your system
11 to activate (or deactivate) software features.
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15 Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/
16 Asking for technical help in newsgroups? Read this first:
17 http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro