-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:42:14 -0500 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:00:07 -0500 Ned Ludd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > wrote: > | > | > Why introduce a feature which is crippled? It would be almost as > | > | > easy to allow ebuilds to mess with their 'real' runtime > | > | > dependency value as appropriate rather than forcing an incorrect > | > | > auto-generated list onto everyone. > | > | Talking on solar about this confirmed my suspicions, the ELF data > | can't be wrong, otherwise things won't link properly. Thus if we were > | just to use ELF NEEDED entries, how could the list of reverse runtime > | deps be "incorrect" as you imply above? > > It can be incomplete. > > Of course, finding the ELF NEEDED entries is not a sufficient solution > to the initial problem, nor is it a sufficient solution to the real > problem here. > Well I bought this bug-spray and it only kills 99% of the bugs in my home, so I guess I should scrap it and work on something better that kills 100% of bugs?
If this helps stem system breakage by repairing a number of broken library deps, how is that bad? Because it doesn't adhere to Ciaran's ideal feature standards? > | So in regards to reverse dependency tracking, do you have a > | solution/advice or just useless criticism? Please attempt to be > | constructive here. > > Sure. My advice is to scrap the current idea and redo it to take into > account things which are not just ELF-related. > Bricklayers build walls, one brick at a time. - -Alec Warner (antarus) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBQ4e5yGzglR5RwbyYAQJJWQ/+KdAbQKfUg6HWzzrNRlMJWjKau+PLuW6x gvT/vRU6lYz6612lVbrAmXxir0UdkYjZIe5AXXEz+bTg9K78xL0HuvBb2/fyYihy +pAhkpOhI5eE7dc8fn5vV1dIEOtnBco+UZakSfi9Eai4+PqmaLWwOtiyMnNw3veM yby6Pm/H0VXVzJS5aVQXdPI4PDyyRO3dbLrbuMR9BOPn/qDsZIaB+A+Loy3TajKY BVPsPicGG1OsTnEL8YCgQ4Tl03aepLVuQDomV5vIje4rKfk80fi5UjhMCdHRzFrR Ej2cyyTexQqfNK2IXGh/0R0vgeJCfyMLhCK6b9PkVLSPfv38sJPxWOZuyBd5t8Qu jzJIz0Fhqqg1spfo9rOeFyuW/oOe86hGmFqj+QCrnGhKG0kmyzWeC4IFXClk1PJz P5Kt65uOJU8xOUUZKiUrQ+BnmK0KEYW0InBHmSCCGIjbwC9QCII9gLFlzwqzEd+8 xmnisEa2O5qiX0dSgQoUkenZR9ZvMAWYXkwa9REPiI2uappcagADDL6rR4YIRCOX E96sTByTji7fqu1FsOuARIasdp1PvGoxOr2M5dxoPV/ENcZG0X+NHaw6eUqq13dT ed30XQq/nYxTUcxDKAsWEpOMfMIkzlqxnIL6mN5rjoUZLXnQYDhCJlC3QCmS3uGW eH6ypTlY/9s= =gApf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
