On Monday 02 November 2009 18:31:50 Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> writes: > > You read the message, run @preserved-rebuild and x now links to the new y > > library. When everything in @preserved-rebuild has been rebuilt, portage > > knows that now nothing links to the old y library, and removes it. > > Alan, I haven't followed the introduction of @preserved-rebuild, but > you comments make sound like something that happens as emerge is > running. > > Or is it use like its predecessor and ran after a large merge or update?
It all happens invisibly as packages are merged with no user interaction. I imagine portage runs ldd or similar on the packages just before installing them to the live filesystem - it's quick and I have never noticed any slowdown. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
