Bug 188369

Summary:	dev-libs/expat-2.0.1 upgrade breaks lots of packages
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	David Carlos Manuelda <StormByte>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	critical
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description David Carlos Manuelda 2007-08-10 16:33:03 UTC

I did a sync, and updated system deeply (--update --deep), it updated libexpat and BROKE all my system. In the bottom of this, it appears that I need to do an revdep rebuild, but it was obscured by next emerge.

I suggest halting update and suggest this revdep rebuild, because I couldn't start dbus, X nor anything, and it drove me crazy for a couple of time.

What about modifyng expat ebuild and halting all other remaining merges? That could avoid confusions and scares.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-10 16:36:02 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 128069 ***

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-10 16:37:28 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> What about modifyng expat ebuild and halting all other remaining merges? That
> could avoid confusions and scares.

Not possible, and wouldn't be done even if it was possible. The ebuild tells you to run revdep-rebuild, so do it. Plus portage has ELOG features, use them.