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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Please explain why this new 'emerge @preserved-rebuild' is good?
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On Donnerstag 08 Januar 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:20:00 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Is this adding some value that I don't understand? What does it do
> > that using revdep-rebuild doesn't?
>
> revdep-rebuild fixes broken packages, @preserved-libs prevents the
> breakage in the first place.

it also prevents revdep-rebuilt from working correctly.