[gentoo-dev] News Item: Portage Dynamic Deps

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

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Title: Portage Dynamic Deps
Author: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Posted: 2018-01-28
Revision: 1
News-Item-Format: 2.0
Display-If-Installed: <sys-apps/portage-2.3.20

Beginning with Portage 2.3.20, the previous default --dynamic-deps=y
setting has changed to --dynamic-deps=n. Due to this change, some users
may experience emerge dependency calculation failures triggered by
installed packages that have outdated dependencies. In order to avoid
problems of this nature, use the emerge --changed-deps=y option with
your next deep @world update.

Here is an example command that will trigger rebuilds of any installed
packages that have outdated dependencies:

# emerge --update --deep --changed-deps=y @world

According to Gentoo policy, future ebuild dependency changes need to be
accompanied by a revision bump in order to trigger rebuilds for users.
Therefore, you should only need to use --changed-deps=y for a single
deep @world update. After that, if you encounter installed packages with
outdated dependencies in a future deep @world update, then you should
report it as a bug.
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Thanks,
Zac

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Title: Portage Dynamic Deps
Author: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Posted: 2018-01-28
Revision: 1
News-Item-Format: 2.0
Display-If-Installed: <sys-apps/portage-2.3.20

Beginning with Portage 2.3.20, the previous default --dynamic-deps=y
setting has changed to --dynamic-deps=n. Due to this change, some users
may experience emerge dependency calculation failures triggered by
installed packages that have outdated dependencies. In order to avoid
problems of this nature, use the emerge --changed-deps=y option with
your next deep @world update.

Here is an example command that will trigger rebuilds of any installed
packages that have outdated dependencies:

# emerge --update --deep --changed-deps=y @world

According to Gentoo policy, future ebuild dependency changes need to be
accompanied by a revision bump in order to trigger rebuilds for users.
Therefore, you should only need to use --changed-deps=y for a single
deep @world update. After that, if you encounter installed packages with
outdated dependencies in a future deep @world update, then you should
report it as a bug.

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