On 04.04.2012 20:12, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > Another scare. No emacs, no apache, gnome in trouble ... > > don't install icu-49.1 > > I was going to file a bug but I see that there are a few stating that > some things fail with 49.1 so I don't know that my adding to the list > will help. > > To see the list just ask for > > ALL icu > > I now have to reinstall everything that was installed after icu, or at > least try them to see if they fail. > > allan > Why can't ebuilds like icu be made like openssl or openldap where the libs are not replaced, but old libs stay and a text is displayed to use redep-rebuild and afterwards rm the old libs?
That way software doesn't suddenly brake until you reemerge half your desktop/servers (only to reemerge everything again the next day, because that lib gets suddenly masked). I like the behavior of openldap and openssl, I'd like to have that for gfx-libs that brake the desktop (like icu) too. Please, please do it dear gentoo devs :) Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x837FB8B5BB9D4887 # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887
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