Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue)

[Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gentoo.org>]

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On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 17:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> my proposal is to implement a new utility (called 'erescue' for lack of a 
> better name) that is written in C and designed to be statically linked ... 
> then next time you break a core system package which cannot be recovered by 
> simply running `emerge` a few times, you run `erescue <broken package>`
> 
> for example, when i broke binutils in unstable with a gcc4 patch, i noticed 
> that it's hard for users to *easily* recover from this ... we developers end 
> up scrambling to build a bunch of binary packages for a variety of compatible 
> compiler/libc combinations so the user can just wget the file and run `emerge 
> binutils.tbz2` and be on their way

Having been in a similar situation a couple of times myself, I think
that's a fantastic idea.

./Brix
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gentoo.org>
Gentoo Linux

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