As the title suggests, when we upgrade to xorg-server-1.6, some ABIs change. I don't really know what's going on there, but in short, it meant that I lost control of my computer every time I typed startx. The reason for this was, as revelead by /var/log/Xorg.0.log, was a mismatch in the ABIs of the server and the input drivers (kbd and mouse). The ebuild should have pulled these in as dependencies, or the ebuild should have ewarned (is that the right word?) about this change and suggested rebuilding the necessary packages. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. upgrade from xorg-server-1.4-* to xorg-server-1.6-* 2. keep your drivers from the 1.4 install 3. Actual Results: Loss of control of computer (that is, unless you have remote access to your computer) Expected Results: easy upgrade to 1.6 maybe automated rebuild of the drivers It's easy enough to fix. Just type this as root for i in $(qlist -I -C) do emerge -av $i done and choose which packages you want to rebuild.
alright, well I feel stupid. It turns out the ebuild DOES ewarn about this. But I still feel it could be automated. Is that the gentoo way?
(In reply to comment #1) > alright, well I feel stupid. > It turns out the ebuild DOES ewarn about this. > But I still feel it could be automated. Is that the gentoo way? > I think the simplest solution would have been to bump the versions of all the drivers that need to be recompiled. Then emerge -uD xorg-server would have reemerged all that is needed. As it currently stands, indeed neither emerge nor revdep-rebuild picks them.
(In reply to comment #1) > alright, well I feel stupid. > It turns out the ebuild DOES ewarn about this. > But I still feel it could be automated. Is that the gentoo way? > Don't think so. ;)
