From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem when installing two packages from the binhost
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 23:09:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0874e7e9-8d10-4a3d-a56a-8097f1c47057@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68320296.5d0a0220.98488.bb6c@mx.google.com>
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On 5/24/25 1:32 PM, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Eli,
>
> On Fri, 23 May 2025 14:08:09 -0400 you wrote:
>
>> ...
>> Sorry for the confusion I guess, but I *fixed* it.
>> ...
>> The fix means new binary packages will build without using those
>> libraries at all. It also added a new build dep, so the binhost
>> recompiled them, hence newly running "emerge --oneshot --getbinpkg
>> media-libs/libraw media-libs/libcdr" will get the fixed version.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that you "fixed" it by teaching these two pack-
> ages to circumvent a bug in "revdep-rebuild"?
Yes.
>> As I said privately to you -- it is still a revdep-rebuild bug IMO --
>> please report it. ;)
>
> Ok, but what am I expected to put into the bug description, now that my
> original command sequence is producing the expected result? I can hard-
> ly write 'Package "revdep-rebuild" is buggy. Ask Eli for details.' can
> I? :-)
"revdep-rebuild sometimes insists to rebuild packages that do not
trigger portage's own preserved-libs feature. Originally noticed with
libraw and libcdr. Eli Schwartz analyzed it and said that the new
package still provides a symlink for the old file. See
https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/5ae92a27-eee8-454d-abf7-33de95a0e37f@gentoo.org/
for details."
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Eli Schwartz
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-23 17:00 [gentoo-user] Re: Problem when installing two packages from the binhost Dr Rainer Woitok
2025-05-23 18:08 ` Eli Schwartz
2025-05-24 17:32 ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2025-05-25 3:09 ` Eli Schwartz [this message]
2025-05-25 16:16 ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2025-05-24 8:20 ` Mickaël Bucas
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