From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E3A21381F4 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 12:17:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5088D21C0AE; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 12:17:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948A521C009 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 11:58:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 88E5180AB9 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 11:58:57 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 11:58:52 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System maintenance procedure? Message-ID: <20121208115852.22b18b84@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <20121205120550.2bc346bf@khamul.example.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0cvs43 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/O1N9PxCmiGnBWdgk+1XQ=H3"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 17b1c683-d597-4c91-bd0d-d59b480f657e X-Archives-Hash: 8874e05cf5e809d9a4604745323c5e0d --Sig_/O1N9PxCmiGnBWdgk+1XQ=H3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 7 Dec 2012 16:56:18 -0800, Grant wrote: > > @preserved-rebuild is getting very good at what it does lately > > (supported in all recent portage version including stable IIRC), as is > > --depclean, so revdep-rebuild seldom finds anything to do these days. > If revdep-rebuild does everything that @preserved-rebuild does and more, > why run @preserved-rebuild at all? revdep-rebuild repairs a system broken by updates. @preserved-rebuild prevents updates breaking the system by emerge not removing old versions of libraries until nothing needs them. If you don't run it, those old libraries will remain forever. revdep-rebuild is a kludge, a useful, valuable and previously essential kludge, but a kludge nonetheless. Not needing it is a good thing. --=20 Neil Bothwick Taglines are like cars - You get a good one, then someone nicks it. --Sig_/O1N9PxCmiGnBWdgk+1XQ=H3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlDDK4AACgkQum4al0N1GQMR9gCfcAbMkzx0SK7vicDIijTCbSZK ht8An3Bv9/vXyhtDHicyqUAIAwG2FuUG =kgpX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/O1N9PxCmiGnBWdgk+1XQ=H3--