Re: [gentoo-user] always "existing preserved libs"

[Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 11:54, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 14:54:40 +0800, bobwxc wrote:
>
> > Recently, after a update, I always see follow information after every
> > emerge operation
> >
> > !!! existing preserved libs:
> >  >>> package: dev-qt/qtxml-5.15.1
> >   *  - /usr/lib64/libQt5Xml.so.5
> >   *  - /usr/lib64/libQt5Xml.so.5.15.1
> >   *      used by /opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/librpcetapi_sysqt5.so
> > (app-office/wps-office-11.1.0.9615)
> >   *      used by
> > /opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/librpcwppapi_sysqt5.so
> > (app-office/wps-office-11.1.0.9615)
> >   *      used by
> > /opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/librpcwpsapi_sysqt5.so
> > (app-office/wps-office-11.1.0.9615) Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to
> > rebuild packages using these libraries
> >
> > I have used the command 'emerge @preserved-rebuild' to rebuild but it
> > still appear as before.
> >
> > And when rebuild, there is no warning info. Also, the wps-office is
> > useable from the beginning to end.
> >
> > I want to know what cause the strange problem. Could you please tell me
> > the brief principle and solution?
>
> Is wps-office a binary package? I suspect it is because it installs into
> /opt. In that case, it doesn't matter how many times you reinstall it, it
> will still be linked to the same library versions.

There is also a newer version available which might solve the problem.

Regards,
Arve