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Bug 188369 - dev-libs/expat-2.0.1 upgrade breaks lots of packages
Summary: dev-libs/expat-2.0.1 upgrade breaks lots of packages
Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 128069
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High critical (vote)
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Reported: 2007-08-10 16:33 UTC by David Carlos Manuelda
Modified: 2007-08-10 16:37 UTC (History)
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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.