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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating libpng:  another libtool cockup?
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On Sun, Sep 18 2011, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:58:14 -0400
> Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I wonder when a routine update world tells you to run
>>    revdep-rebuild --library <some-lib>
>> should you run it before or after the full
>>    revdep-rebuild
>> that we normally run after updates?
>
> Neither. 
>
> revdep-rebuild checks everything, revdep-rebuild --library
> checks just some things.
>
> ebuilds sometimes issue messages to check just the libraries known to
> have been updated, but a full revdep-rebuild after an update will catch
> those anyway.

thanks,
allan