From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N4zpb-0007Hp-6z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:32:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7A708E09DA; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A46E09DA for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E669B670E4 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:32:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.485 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.485 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.886, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ccv81x5TdODJ for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:32:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A4C166F61 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:32:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N4zpF-0007UO-PQ for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:32:13 +0100 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:32:13 +0100 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:32:13 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: revdep-rebuild vs. @preserved-rebuild Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:31:50 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87skcwsxah.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <4AE36083.5090005@gmail.com> <200911021612.49295.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4d798132d8d6f64d448147832945a6ba@localhost> <200911021739.41636.alan.mckinnon@gmail.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-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rVOBNJuvAhtxX192diA7RNRtr+0= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: a5bb0595-6a78-498b-8d72-a52d9a2ed076 X-Archives-Hash: 55e696ba7b014bfc5367cd1faceb541b Alan McKinnon writes: > You read the message, run @preserved-rebuild and x now links to the new y > library. When everything in @preserved-rebuild has been rebuilt, portage knows > that now nothing links to the old y library, and removes it. Alan, I haven't followed the introduction of @preserved-rebuild, but you comments make sound like something that happens as emerge is running. Or is it use like its predecessor and ran after a large merge or update?