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 842E413877A for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:24:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EDDB4E1B5B; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:24:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03111E1B4A for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:24:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (195-154-13-10.rev.poneytelecom.eu [195.154.13.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: hasufell) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B1F233FE13 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:24:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53D2768E.8070400@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:23:58 +0000 From: hasufell Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps References: <53CD6BED.10603@gentoo.org> <201407212153.04605.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <20140721205527.142cb3d5@googlemail.com> <1405976767.1013.9.camel@gentoo.org> <53CE6CED.1060300@gentoo.org> <20140723004441.2e68c0b0@gentoo.org> <53D26D58.3000004@gentoo.org> <53D27343.6020009@gentoo.org> <20140725161540.64e47040@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140725161540.64e47040@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 84ad5d34-260c-420e-bbed-dfdde2da1f29 X-Archives-Hash: be590b29de824562c5c2105e3babf307 Ciaran McCreesh: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:09:55 +0000 > hasufell wrote: >> Everyone else who thinks got an idea on how to fix dynamic deps >> support (or similar) should: >> * write a PMS patch and get it merged >> * join the portage team and volunteer to implement it instead of >> yelling at them > > That's not really helpful advice: dynamic dependencies can't be fixed. > Instead, you should say that anyone who thinks they have an idea on how > to fix dynamic deps should think about it until they understand why > it's wrong... > I was rather talking about the "fix useless rebuilds" issue. It's a valid point. What would you suggest? Can the VDB be fixed in another way to avoid such rebuilds?