begin quote On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 07:59:37 -0500 Grant Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is it easier to understand the problem now, Grant? > > Much! Thank you, Spider, I really appreciate it. > > On a related note, that's not the only way that our handling of binary > > tbz2 packages is broken. Many of our ebuilds check to see exactly > which > version of a dependency is installed, and that invariably leads to > binary packages being broken. For example, most python packages > install stuff into /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages, with the ebuild > detecting what X and Y should be. The binary, however, uses whichever > values of X and Y were detected when the package was built, which may > well be different than the values on the target machine. Of course, > this problem is far wider than just python packages. Every ebuild > that uses the has_version or a related function is probably broken in > this sense. > > My guess is that the problem I just raised could be solved by adding a > > portage function that runs at install-time and can either relocate > files or just cause the emerge to fail with a warning, whereas the > general linking issue is going to require a great deal more thought. Very true and another headache. It somehow feels that we need a thinker on how to deal with this. Anyone here who feels exceptionally bright this afternoon? //Spider -- dead tired -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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