From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 394331396D0 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D741E0FE2; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:32:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out3.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out3.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.153]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44559E0E45 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:32:23 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BhBQB3sMhZ/3IwnstbFgcBBQELAYNaZ?= =?us-ascii?q?G4ngyuCKpg5gXaNHIsgLYFegzoChClDFAECAQEBAQEBAWsohRkBBTpPCw0LCRU?= =?us-ascii?q?QDwFHiksRqW0iAosfgyuCAoFRhQ+FT4UnBaEfh12PEluJBQ2HBpZ/NiGBDlMhG?= =?us-ascii?q?Yd4LjaIMwEBAQ?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BhBQB3sMhZ/3IwnstbFgcBBQELAYNaZG4ngyuCKpg5gXa?= =?us-ascii?q?NHIsgLYFegzoChClDFAECAQEBAQEBAWsohRkBBTpPCw0LCRUQDwFHiksRqW0iA?= =?us-ascii?q?osfgyuCAoFRhQ+FT4UnBaEfh12PEluJBQ2HBpZ/NiGBDlMhGYd4LjaIMwEBAQ?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.42,435,1500912000"; d="scan'208";a="7078868" Received: from unknown (HELO bluering.localnet) ([203.158.48.114]) by icp-osb-irony-out3.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 25 Sep 2017 15:32:20 +0800 From: Paul Colquhoun To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Changing dependencies without upping version ?? Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:32:54 +1000 Message-ID: <2266662.ksUCxnlt8l@bluering> In-Reply-To: References: <20170924173753.bxpluo4s6f42uojo@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: 6089813d-30a6-4355-a124-6a26b62215d0 X-Archives-Hash: f6fc2c90f0701c06f1f5d8e84b43ecf4 On Monday, 25 September 2017 4:51:22 AM AEST John Blinka wrote: > > Is this an officially approved technique?? it is DIRTY. > > I imagine that it is sanctioned, otherwise why would there be a > --changed-deps flag to emerge? Does seem dirty. Glad you asked the > question. Would love to learn why this is allowed. In my experience, it > happens quite often. Well, --changed-deps is also there for when you change USE flags on your system to activate (or deactivate) software features. -- Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/ Asking for technical help in newsgroups? Read this first: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro