On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Tom Hosiawa wrote: > > One of the biggest differences I can think of between a source-based > > distro (such as Gentoo) and a binary-package based one is that you rarely > > have library dependency issues. If you compile a newer package against an > > older library, it will usually still work, and vice versa. If a library > > is upgraded, you don't need to upgrade the packages that depend on it, > > just recompile if necessary. > > I did find one instance where this is not true. At one point when > upgrading qt on my system, emerging any kde app failed. I need to > recompile kdelibs to be able to compile a kde app
I guess that breaks down when you have a library that depends on another library. I think that's what revdep-rebuild is for. But upgrading qt didn't cause existing KDE apps to stop working, it just kept you from being able to compile KDE apps, correct? -- CAUTION: Product will be hot after heating -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
