there is a rev-rebuild as part of the gentoolkit package. Anytime you replace a library such as that.. Theory says, its suppose to provide you with this information... I think it will even recompile things that need to be recompiled.
I have only used it once, and it worked for that.. I just don't recall what it was for... > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Osburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Upgrading OpenSSL > > > Billk: > > as most links are dynamic, and unless there has been an interface > > change, there should be no problems. > > > > The exception are static includes such as zlib which was a > big problem > > some months ago. so whilst all those programs depend on > openSSL, all > > should just pick up and use the latest when next invoked. > > That's what I assumed, but how does one find the exceptions? Ie. in > this case I didn't know that mod_ssl needed to be recompiled > to make use > of the most recent build of openssl; the GLSA only addressed openssl. > What else might I have missed? And in the future, particularly for > security fixes, how does one find out what has static links and thus > needs to be rebuilt? > > Joel Osburn > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
