On 5/24/25 1:32 PM, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Eli, > > On Fri, 23 May 2025 14:08:09 -0400 you wrote: > >> ... >> Sorry for the confusion I guess, but I *fixed* it. >> ... >> The fix means new binary packages will build without using those >> libraries at all. It also added a new build dep, so the binhost >> recompiled them, hence newly running "emerge --oneshot --getbinpkg >> media-libs/libraw media-libs/libcdr" will get the fixed version. > > Am I correct in assuming that you "fixed" it by teaching these two pack- > ages to circumvent a bug in "revdep-rebuild"?
Yes. >> As I said privately to you -- it is still a revdep-rebuild bug IMO -- >> please report it. ;) > > Ok, but what am I expected to put into the bug description, now that my > original command sequence is producing the expected result? I can hard- > ly write 'Package "revdep-rebuild" is buggy. Ask Eli for details.' can > I? :-) "revdep-rebuild sometimes insists to rebuild packages that do not trigger portage's own preserved-libs feature. Originally noticed with libraw and libcdr. Eli Schwartz analyzed it and said that the new package still provides a symlink for the old file. See https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/[email protected]/ for details." -- Eli Schwartz
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