Bug 115043

Summary:	sys-libs/readline should be slotted
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Andrew Cowie <andrew>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Andrew Cowie 2005-12-09 16:39:16 UTC

I know that the readline ebuild says to run revdep-rebuild, but is there any
reason it can't be slotted? After upgrading to readline-5 there's no reason that
things that are linked against /lib/libreadline.so.4 can't be left working.

AfC

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-09 17:26:54 UTC

No need to do such thing, that's what revdep-rebuild is for.

Comment 2 Andrew Cowie 2005-12-10 18:36:32 UTC

Why on earth would you make a user rebuild an entire system when a little
exertion to slot the library (like has been done for nearly every other library)
would improve the user experience, save time, and improve Gentoo?

Case in point - I'm travelling this week and speaking at conferences - like I
have the time or battery power to rebuild almost 150 packages while crossing
oceans - all because one little program (in this case ghc, as needed by darcs)
wanted a newer version of readline!?!

Sorry that you feel the way you do about this bug. I'm not going to reopen it,
but I am certainly going to refer others to it.

AfC
Los Angeles