On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:45:11 +0000 Paul Waring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I upgraded Gaim today, I noticed that, as usual, it flashed a > message on the screen saying to rebuild any packages that depended on > it (such as gaim-encryption) otherwise they might not work properly. > The problem is, I often set an emerge -uD world up and running and > then leave it, because I don't want to sit looking at pages of gcc > output - but this means I often miss these messages. Also, it seems a > bit of a shame to have a package management system like portage only > to have to go and re-emerge things manually. > > Is it possible for the ebuilds like the one for Gaim to do this > automatically instead? For example, Gaim knows that gaim-encryption > should be re-merged, so why doesn't it scan portage, see if I've > already got it installed and if so re-merge it? Not really with the existing portage, this needs some work at the dep resolver front and a new *DEPEND type (= will take some time). And no, calling emerge from inside an ebuild is NOT an option. Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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