On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:16:25 +0200 Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 15/08/2013 09:30, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > When running: > > > > emerge @preserved-rebuild > > > > and nothing is found that needs a rebuild, but: > > > > revdep-rebuild -i > > > > does find something, should it be considered a bug with the > > preserved-rebuild mechanism and be reported, or is this expected to > > happen from to time? > > The latter, it happens from time to time. I see it here about once > every 2 months or so (i.e. seldom). I suppose this is the best we can > expect, seeing as how it all works: > > @preserved-rebuild tries to remember everything that uses everything > and detect changes, this will never be 100%, > revdep-rebuild actively looks for brokenness and still sometimes gets > it wrong (dynamic plugin modules anyone?) > > The specifics depend on the exact package. Maybe also file a bug so > Zac can look it over just in case there in a useful tweak he can make I thought the use of subslots was supposed to make revdep-rebuild obsolete someday.
