On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:51:32 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:

> I guess then that the constant messages about doing an emerge
> @preserved-rebuild aren't necessarily to be followed, or at least not
> worried about if they fail as whatever program needs the libraries
> still has the old versions?

They should be followed and the problem fixed. Not only is it untidy
leaving old copies of libraries around but, as Volker says, the old
versions can prevent revdep-rebuild working correctly.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Accordion: a bagpipe with pleats.