Daniel Frey <djqf...@gmail.com> writes: > On 04/29/2017 01:38 PM, lee wrote: >> !!! existing preserved libs: >>>>> package: sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.27 >> * - /usr/lib64/libbfd-2.25.1.so >> * used by >> /usr/lib64/binutils/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.25.1/libopcodes-2.25.1.so >> (sys-devel/binutils-2.25.1-r1) >> Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries >> >> >> >> It's not possible to emerge net-dns/bind (I'm guessing that might be >> because of binutils having some issue) and mysql-workbench. The old >> version of bind is still working, but what if it wasn't already >> installed? Also, I had to patch dev-perl/GD to get that to work. What >> will fail next? >> >> So yes, it's not only about updates but about installing something in >> general: It may work or not, and it may break other things or not, or it >> may require you to do something because something has been pulled into >> something by something, or you need to remove something, or something >> doesn't work because of something ... >> >> > > Do a --depclean and that will resolve itself.
Last time I tried that, it wanted to remove the source of the kernel I'm using, along with other things. It would have made sense if I had upgraded the kernel, too, but I didn't have the time to do that yet. -- "Didn't work" is an error.
