On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 02:06, Florian Philipp <li...@binarywings.net> wrote: > > Am 25.07.2011 20:56, schrieb Dale: > > David W Noon wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:27:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote about > > "[gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild": > > > > > >>>> After upgrading icu today I found that system-config-printer-common > >>>> wouldn't compile because it couldn't find the right icu library. > >>>> > >>>> Revdep-rebuild was required to fix this - so it does still have a use, > >>>> after all. > >>>> > [...] > > I just had to run preserved-libs and all is well. I run the unstable > > portage tho. Maybe that makes a difference. > [...] > > Yes, it does. I seriously can't wait until portage-2.2 is stabilized. > > BTW: I couldn't find a tracker bug for its stabilization. Is it possible > that it doesn't exist? >
Wouldn't it be better to do both `emerge @preserved-libs` and `revdep-rebuild`? I think I read somewhere that `emerge @preserved-libs` and `revdep-rebuild` actually do different things, but with significant overlap... Can't remember where I read that, though... Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
