On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 17:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > my proposal is to implement a new utility (called 'erescue' for lack of a > better name) that is written in C and designed to be statically linked ... > then next time you break a core system package which cannot be recovered by > simply running `emerge` a few times, you run `erescue <broken package>` > > for example, when i broke binutils in unstable with a gcc4 patch, i noticed > that it's hard for users to *easily* recover from this ... we developers end > up scrambling to build a bunch of binary packages for a variety of compatible > compiler/libc combinations so the user can just wget the file and run `emerge > binutils.tbz2` and be on their way
Having been in a similar situation a couple of times myself, I think that's a fantastic idea. ./Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Linux
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