--- Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 5/30/05, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think
> those binary packages
> > propagate into /var/db as well. (IF they do, I
> think they might not
> > reflect the actual USE flags used to built the
> binary.
>
When a binary tbz2 package is built, the /var/db data
for that package (USE flags, etc..) is appended onto
the end of the tbz2 file. Portage and quickpkg use
the tools xpak and tbz2tool to handle this. When a
binary package is installed the data goes back into
the /var/db database.
> This probably accounts for revdep-rebuild never
> getting it quite right
> for binary packages like openoffice-bin and always
> wanting to
> re-emerge it again?
>
revdep-rebuild attempts to re-emerge any package that
has broken dynamic links. This does not help a
package such as openoffice-bin that is not built
directly from sources.
Zac
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