On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:34:03 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > >> I've always wondered why, if portage knows that has to be done, can't > >> portage just go ahead and do it? > > > > Now that we have a set to do this, I see no reason why this could not > > be an option, enabled by a USE flag. > > > > > > The last time I complained about this, someone sent me here: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192319
That seems to be discussing ABI changes. The X drivers situation is
different. Also, that issue has largely been resolved, in as much as ABI
changes don't break things like they used to, with @preserved-rebuild.
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