Bug 415045

Summary:	[Future EAPI] provide a function like preserve_old_lib from eutils.eclass
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Zac Medico <zmedico>
Component:	PMS/EAPI	Assignee:	PMS/EAPI <pms>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	esigra, pacho
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	174380, 414955

Description Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2012-05-07 16:57:17 UTC

If the package manager provides a function like preserve_old_lib, then it can do things like remind the user that consumers need to be rebuilt. Also, it allows the package manager to handle interactions with things like FEATURES.

Comment 1 Ciaran McCreesh 2012-05-07 17:01:27 UTC

But preserving doesn't work. The assumption that a library operates "on its own" simply isn't true except in special cases. The solution is better slotting, not hacks that only sometimes sort of work.

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2014-09-06 22:06:02 UTC

I think this one didn't ever see much love, and rebuilding consumers is handled via subslots nowadays. Closing as WONTFIX.