On 07/21/2011 04:57 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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. > >
Huh? If implemented, that would allow FORCEREBUILD=x11-drivers/xf86-input* on major Xorg upgrades.
