Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-Up sys-lib/com_err breaks Apps

[Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com>]

[Changed Subject. , should be com_err and not ss]

On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 23:04 -0700, Zac Medico wrote:
> Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > If you guys did a emerge -uDav world anytime these past few days. I'm
> > sure you'll be hit by the libcom_err.so.3 error. 
> > 
> > This was really bad. Ruined half my working day since I can't get Evo to
> > come up. 
> > 
> > Anyway, the ebuild _does_ mentioned breaking compatibility and stuffs.
> > 
> > 
> > $grep einfo /usr/portage/sys-libs/com_err/*.ebuild
> > 
> >         einfo "PLEASE PLEASE take note of this"
> >         einfo "Please make *sure* to run revdep-rebuild now"
> >         einfo "Certain things on your system may have linked against a"
> >         einfo "different version of com_err -- those things need to be"
> >         einfo "recompiled.  Sorry for the inconvenience"
> > 
> > Which is a huge bummer since most of us don't go checking the ebuilds
> > for these specific lines. How I wish It would just abort and BLAST the
> > Einfo on the screen for me to see the next day and decide to do it
> > manually.
> > 
> > Oh well... It's fixed.
> > 
> 
> Shouldn't revdep-rebuild solve issues like that?  I always run revdep-rebuild after updates and I don't recall having any problem with this com_err update ( I know lots of others did though :-( ).

It didn't catch everything. Right now I'm recompiling xscreensaver.

The thing which I'm talking about is, if there are _specific_ caveats
such as with this new app, it shouldn't even go ahead and
compile/upgrade/update. It should just shoot the ebuild einfo and then
force manual intervention.

Updates are usually done at night. Output is not seen. That's why. If I
knew that it might break anything, I wouldn't leave it overnight to
update and then go to work and find Evo(or important "X" app) wouldn't
work and cause undue frustration.


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