486778 – [Future EAPI] Provide a way to update deps of installed packages

Bug 486778 - [Future EAPI] Provide a way to update deps of installed packages

Summary: [Future EAPI] Provide a way to update deps of installed packages

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	PMS/EAPI (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	PMS/EAPI

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Blocks:	future-eapi 516612
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Reported:	2013-10-02 10:58 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2014-07-31 12:49 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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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.