From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17795 invoked by uid 1002); 8 Nov 2003 18:24:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-portage-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 14121 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2003 18:24:40 -0000 From: Grant Goodyear To: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-KYa1Lx2Q2eyFNuJltuSi" Message-Id: <1068315589.11119.0.camel@green> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 13:22:26 -0500 Subject: [gentoo-portage-dev] [Fwd: GLEP: Making updates never break dependencies] X-Archives-Salt: 869ad87e-4cf3-4ffe-92ca-1558adecd38e X-Archives-Hash: 56752e415695b5b1c3effef4ec98bafc --=-KYa1Lx2Q2eyFNuJltuSi Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-XBo+Y88mOL64RKBJhLx/" --=-XBo+Y88mOL64RKBJhLx/ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --=20 Grant Goodyear --=-XBo+Y88mOL64RKBJhLx/ Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message - GLEP: Making updates never break dependencies Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: X-Original-To: grant@localhost Delivered-To: grant@localhost.grantgoodyear.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.grantgoodyear.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84A0560C91 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 04:50:05 -0500 (EST) Envelope-to: g2boojum@dev.gentoo.org Delivery-date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:48:50 +0000 Received: from dev.gentoo.org [128.193.0.39] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.3) for grant@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 06 Nov 2003 04:50:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.gentoo.org ([204.126.2.42] helo=gentoo.org) by emu.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AHgl0-00025k-Hm for g2boojum@dev.gentoo.org; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:48:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 31201 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2003 09:48:49 -0000 Delivered-To: g2boojum@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 939 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2003 09:48:49 -0000 Delivered-To: glep@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 13022 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2003 09:48:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO www.vsen.dk) (213.237.54.63) by mail.gentoo.org with SMTP; 6 Nov 2003 09:48:49 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by www.vsen.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F91BD8E for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:48:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from amd.vsen.dk (unknown [192.168.1.4]) by www.vsen.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BAC6BCD2 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:48:47 +0100 (CET) Subject: GLEP: Making updates never break dependencies From: Klavs Klavsen To: glep@gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-+RsjO4HV2DHziTq3MCkb" Organization: Enable IT Message-Id: <1068112126.2898.22.camel@amd.vsen.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3- Date: 06 Nov 2003 10:48:47 +0100 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at enableit.dk X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on orange-pc.ces.clemson.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Pyzor: Reported 0 times. --=-+RsjO4HV2DHziTq3MCkb Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Hi guys, =20 I just wrote a GLEP, proposing a solution to the problem that updating f.ex. openssl, requires recompiling almost world (kde,mozilla,galeon,wget,irrsi,python etc.) - and breaks your system if you don't complete all this, while you are running (since the old openssl files are removed after the openssl upgrade -and programs that haven't been recompiled will break). =20 You can see it here: http://vsen.dk/files/GLEP-Making_updates_never_break_dependencies.txt =20 I hope you like the idea, and the proposed solution. Please comment if you have any questions, as I would very much like to see this happen, so I can run emerge -u world again :) --=20 Regards, Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - kl@vsen.dk - http://www.vsen.dk PGP: 7E063C62/2873 188C 968E 600D D8F8 B8DA 3D3A 0B79 7E06 3C62 See my new managed CMS Hosting Service at http://www.VirkPaaNettet.dk Working with Unix is like wrestling a worthy opponent.=20 Working with windows is like attacking a small whining child=20 who is carrying a .38. =09 --=-+RsjO4HV2DHziTq3MCkb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/qhj+PToLeX4GPGIRAts/AJ9mSprz8VZ2rEi/KoEkYuR2S8+/uwCeIbl1 sDzc8xT0/AK0c3yvG4HidQs= =qoj7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-+RsjO4HV2DHziTq3MCkb-- --=-XBo+Y88mOL64RKBJhLx/-- --=-KYa1Lx2Q2eyFNuJltuSi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/rTPFptxxUuD2W3YRAtmbAJ48UJw3eqx6sTqJxcf+vwDbWIDRJACeJqyV I5w9Ry6YHLcER0hqJP2CzHY= =WCsH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-KYa1Lx2Q2eyFNuJltuSi--