From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 465071381F3 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:08:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A2564E0973; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:08:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 151B4E0973 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:08:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (pool-71-245-176-92.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net [71.245.176.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: zerochaos) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DE2FF33E3A2 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:08:44 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <51683217.3070805@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:11:03 -0400 From: "Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130406 Thunderbird/17.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] files/catalyst.conf: Document linking issues with binary packages References: <20130411175214.GA14587@odin.tremily.us> <5168265D.4000606@gentoo.org> <20130412153353.GA13054@odin.tremily.us> In-Reply-To: <20130412153353.GA13054@odin.tremily.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6a1pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 3037dfc8-4c8b-4ce8-9366-d987ec5db774 X-Archives-Hash: 445bdf4010ef5e0aff7ef84a7e8c2ecf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/12/2013 11:33 AM, W. Trevor King wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:21:01AM -0400, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: >> On 04/12/2013 11:12 AM, W. Trevor King wrote: >>> This commit adds a warning in the pkgcache documentation that should >>> help people understand what might be going wrong if they see similar >>> linking errors. For more details, see the thread following >>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.catalyst/2137/focus=2193 >> >> NACK. Personally I love this idea but I'm really against having a link >> to a ML discussion, no one is going to quit configuring catalyst in the >> middle to read a ML discussion... > > Well, that's the commit message, but… > Yeah sorry, a bit distracted, I meant to protest on the below section >>> diff --git a/files/catalyst.conf b/files/catalyst.conf >>> index b74c546..e285e4f 100644 >>> --- a/files/catalyst.conf >>> +++ b/files/catalyst.conf >>> @@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ hash_function="crc32" >>> # kerncache = keeps a tbz2 of your built kernel and modules (useful if your >>> # build stops in livecd-stage2) >>> # pkgcache = keeps a tbz2 of every built package (useful if your build stops >>> -# prematurely) >>> +# prematurely. However, you may see linking problems if the binary >>> +# package was built against an older version of a runtime dependency >>> +# and the package in question is not using EAPI5's sub-slots. For >>> +# further discussion, see >>> +# http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.catalyst/2224) >>> # seedcache = use the build output of a previous target if it exists to speed up >>> # the copy >>> # snapcache = cache the snapshot so that it can be bind-mounted into the chroot. > > Here I link to the ML from the config file ;). I'm fine linking > somewhere else (doc/catalyst-conf.1.txt?). Then config file comments > could move to the new man page (as spec file comments moved to their > own man page). With more space, we can wax eloquent on the potential > pkgcache issues ;). Yeah, but more reading is not necessarily more better. It is likely better if we explain it briefly and not worry about 100% of the details. the config file isn't meant for long discussions, it's meant for short recommendations and warnings about features at most. - -ZC > > Cheers, > Trevor > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRaDIXAAoJEKXdFCfdEflKLrYQAJcGiOnYWEQcRvFMiG+B+494 YmyaPyMIS0qaFgN8n5q6wh3AtEM/eXyleff7Bnqulktgb89iNFwCtaXlKsVDygOD dSRES11nccc+Y96Mve3OujAj0kp7XoVytGRCmsQJsofrtSOWjaebD4UyxQduaWJN Q01WpgfdTrTMXmfozHs+FrAm0Vo+C/t3mJr/TrPGxXdaHp0ee8tCuh7PAmGvw6hy lRkmrl6FpsXpytwsuL+ekIKMiCfZ5KIkdzLN3qVil2eZ6YRokxbD7WZsPElLQKud lTdei62NuIP1+cdTfzqxyv9hF+480OIF40fZh4L9XHlW1aS1BfHGiq6WgNis0nz6 cBZE0/JR+JJr6p2BWZ7imAIldB2vyCgvQuaKEPS59HhIHjwDqfLZtR6B/SmXWiPE gVLgFipuvNjmBe1swDpAUHpeLYh7DlksYVeoYJbG4V6WLT55Aa7Oa0gGWJUYIzfY WX9wiifb//b0J0O83C6dLWcL9yyDCPMlL+MW/kjQ4Js2f+aaSfVL62mFp/XFUC2g p5NrOD5AcJDvExQ0peOZjED+50S2AN/7tlmBJ2OpkKtIAxFzyanwvp167GcjGGXM wtONk58744rUlq4Na9I81ybxchjaxATwlxx2CIRcutFoqXx7C9boWaddUgYiB0qf OGmFQH/fuKhOgZI3k1P5 =bjco -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----