Bug 486778

Summary:	[Future EAPI] Provide a way to update deps of installed packages
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	PMS/EAPI	Assignee:	PMS/EAPI <pms>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander, esigra, pacho
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	174380, 516612

Description Michał Górny archtester

2013-10-02 10:58:28 UTC

What portage does via '--dynamic-deps' is really ugly, dangerous and unpredictable. Instead, we should have a proper way of updating deps on installed packages.

Probably something in profiles/updates that would allow substituting an existing dependency sub-tree with another one.