On Thu, 29 May 2008 09:28:16 +0100 Mike Auty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Marius Mauch wrote: > | The purpose of this is to keep the system operational after library > | upgrades until all affected packages could be rebuilt and to > | simplify the process, not to avoid the rebuilds. > > I couldn't find it mentioned in your email, but if portage is > effectively doing reference counts, what happens when its reference > count gets to 0? Once no ebuilds rely on the old library is it > removed automatically, or do the "you need to rebuild these" message > just go away? They are removed automatically. Marius -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
