On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 21:11:22 +0200 Kristian Fiskerstrand <k...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 10/01/2015 09:12 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:08:00 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> > > wrote: > >> Slotmove VDB updates *should* be allow slotmove-related changes > >> to be excluded here too, but unfortunately with portage not > >> doing updates to rdeps properly, at this time all rdeps will need > >> to be revbumped when their RDEPEND changes. > > > > This is a severe misrepresentation of what the issue actually is. > > > > Thanks for pointing that out, would you please elaborate on what the > issue actually is for the purpose of this discussion?
Some people expect Portage to do the impossible when handling slot moves, on the basis that with a superficial understanding it looks like it could partially work in certain easy cases. Thus "all rdeps will need to be revbumped when their RDEPEND changes" is not an "at this time" thing at all, but a genuine requirement. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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