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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:58:52 -0400 |
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Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> > First one emerges *broken* packages. |
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> > Second one emerge packages *using* png14 (not necessarily broken) |
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> OK. But the claim was that: if |
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> revdep-rebuild |
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> with no argument found nothing to build, then |
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> revdep-rebuild --library <some-library> |
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> will find nothing. |
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> This guarantee is apparently no long true as my example in another msg |
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> illustrated. |
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Michael is indeed correct. |
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A careful reading of the man page reveals the usage of the words |
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"broken" and "using" exactly like he said. So I stand humbly corrected. |
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I find revdep-rebuild's behavior in this respect confusing. Even though |
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it is clearly documented it is unexpected. It would never have occurred |
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to me to draw that distinction. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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