On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:31:47 +0100 Peter Alfredsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Mart Raudsepp wrote: > > There is still no solution for things that do not break ABI, but get > > rebuilt with different USE flags, for example the USE=esd fiasco > > where to get rid of esound you had to remove USE=esd and rebuild > > many packages with revdep-rebuild for no reason other than libtool > > being stupid. This stupidity should be fixed, not delayed with > > workarounds to a small subset of cases. > > I disagree. Just because you can have a feast tomorrow doesn't mean > that you should abstain from eating today. Well, you won't make it to the feast if you're stuck at the dam, plugging all the holes with your fingers. > > > We talked about this on #gentoo-dev the other day. 200 packages > > > out of 1000 on my system had to be rebuilt because of this. If > > > libxcb didn't use la files, that wouldn't have been necessary for > > > the majority of those. If the packages themselves didn't use la > > > files, it wouldn't have been necessary either. > > > > Or if libtool would be fixed to not cause that pain in the first > > place.. > > That would indeed be nice. Please convince me that you can implement > an upstreamable solution within 2 months time and I won't be needing > this function. > > [Snip more pie-in-the-sky] > > Show me the code, please. If you weren't interested in hearing differing opinions, then why did you ask in the first place? :P -- gcc-porting, by design, by neglect treecleaner, for a fact or just for effect wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662
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