On Monday 02 November 2009 18:31:50 Harry Putnam wrote:
> Alan McKinnon writes:
> > You read the message, run @preserved-rebuild and x now links to the new y
> > library. When everything in @preserved-rebuild has been rebuilt, portage
> > knows that now nothing links to the old y library, and removes it.
>
> Alan, I haven't followed the introduction of @preserved-rebuild, but
> you comments make sound like something that happens as emerge is
> running.
>
> Or is it use like its predecessor and ran after a large merge or update?
It all happens invisibly as packages are merged with no user interaction. I
imagine portage runs ldd or similar on the packages just before installing
them to the live filesystem - it's quick and I have never noticed any
slowdown.
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