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 702FE138839 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:49:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0AB021C0B5; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:49:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f173.google.com (mail-we0-f173.google.com [74.125.82.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07A8821C0AD for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f173.google.com with SMTP id r5so4269288wey.4 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:49:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=39l7PGYwskphBPvzTvUP1zkxsmvNtIQzptHKIG/amQM=; b=p763+a/GKBQt5FGDp7vQtdZSbgj+1RL6pw1SKDGYY+09HtA3O8bGWA0aZEg2JOf+S+ t/ZZnq90vV8pM9ZXlQmc3Z6SLgunkoVi+PUumaDwnhQm4Dy3n24gJm2AkpO/OSXLLL/D nL0E6QgId+i05YmBVtERUOQK5H161ZHcxLvCnutzIVO2zHuBYVVsVsGNPazjoD4hTe/6 haaN/eL7/Brr3p+ZQ306mhOPjqUXPzje5DM0ynbXUcDA/pWTTuYg2SThSgwx1rJusdeE ynjd+Oq7FZz1iPhuFPeRSlaLIR//y2pwvwVZzbLltOMqEOreEyQ4HkZCsf373/Fa62Wz Nndg== X-Received: by 10.180.82.41 with SMTP id f9mr7292250wiy.25.1359935348649; Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:49:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-215-2-98.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.2.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fx5sm18380936wib.11.2013.02.03.15.49.06 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:49:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <510EF73E.2070606@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:48:14 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130114 Thunderbird/17.0.2 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output References: <510EB1B9.3090607@gmail.com> <510EB602.4000805@gmail.com> <510ED509.2000102@gmail.com> <510EF13C.5020905@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <510EF13C.5020905@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d6a9c4d4-d373-4b3a-894b-60a32cc3d7be X-Archives-Hash: fa2d8a140b6e5ef0fd321d774bddde56 On 04/02/2013 01:22, Dale wrote: >> Is this all starting to sound maybe just a little bit like some magic >> > that will make @preserved-rebuild and revdep-rebuild redundant? We need >> > those tools because portage does not know what so versions will work >> > fine with what, and these sub-slots are supposed to give portage that >> > info. Whoopee. >> > >> > ;-) >> > >> > Clear as mud now? >> > >> > > > < Dale scratches head > Hmmmm, that mud is pretty thick. May have to > let that one sit for a bit to settle out. ^-^ > > So, portage is getting smarter about breakages then? I'm a cynical old fart who's seen it all (more than once) before si I'm inclined to reply with "yes, portage is getting smarter about breakages" and append to that "by fixing one problem - revdep-rebuild - and introducing a vast slew of new! shiny! improved! wonderful bugs that will make your life more miserable than revdep-rebuild ever could!" :-) Now you go and have yourself a nice day, y'hear? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com