Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Rich Freeman wrote: >> There really wasn't much loud objection when the proposal came up >> again last week > > This does not mean that everybody agreed. > However, all arguments had been exchanged before, > so repeating them would just have

[gentoo-user] Re: dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Martin Vaeth
James wrote: > > Basically from my point of view, something like TUP [1] is needed so > that at dependency check time you only list files that need > attention (linking, loading, compiling etc) thus speeding up the > update processes for the Package Manager (portage). This is a misunderstanding (

[gentoo-user] Re: dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Martin Vaeth
Rich Freeman wrote: > There really wasn't much loud objection when the proposal came up > again last week This does not mean that everybody agreed. However, all arguments had been exchanged before, so repeating them would just have been pointless: Eventually a decision had to be made, and I am co

[gentoo-user] Re: dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Martin Vaeth
Michael Orlitzky wrote: > > With dynamic deps, portage will scan (that is, execute) all of the > ebuilds for installed packages that could affect the dependency graph. This is not correct. This data is already stored in metadata/ (or in /var/cache/edb, depending on the backend), and just has to b

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 09/27/2015 03:34 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> Now it all makes sense, as a bonus I now see why why so many senior devs >> are so pedantic about revbumps (they have reason). >> >> Now that I know what the symptom will be, are bug repor

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 09/27/2015 03:52 PM, James wrote: > >> That's nice, because now if you want to install or update something >> else, portage doesn't have to re-execute every ebuild/eclass that could >> possibly affect the new thing -- it only has to check the VDB. > > I think that this is what GLEP-64 is all a

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/09/2015 00:21, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 09/27/2015 03:34 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> Now it all makes sense, as a bonus I now see why why so many senior devs >> are so pedantic about revbumps (they have reason). >> >> Now that I know what the symptom will be, are bug reports useful? >>

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 09/27/2015 03:34 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Now it all makes sense, as a bonus I now see why why so many senior devs > are so pedantic about revbumps (they have reason). > > Now that I know what the symptom will be, are bug reports useful? > I don't think most developers are aware of the p

Re: [gentoo-user] update problems

2015-09-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/09/2015 21:17, lee wrote: [big snip] >> Seems to me you are thinking like a human (because you are one) and not >> > seeing portage's limits. Portage has no idea what would solve the issue >> > so can't give any recommendations worth a damn. The best it can do is >> > print some hardcoded

[gentoo-user] Re: dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread James
Michael Orlitzky gentoo.org> writes: > With dynamic deps, portage will scan (that is, execute) all of the > ebuilds for installed packages that could affect the dependency graph. > If any of those ebuilds have changed, portage will use the new > information rather than the info present when you

Re: [gentoo-user] update problems

2015-09-27 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:51 AM, lee wrote: >> | >> | (dev-libs/boost-1.56.0-r1:0/1.56.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) >> pulled in by >> | (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot) >> | >> | (dev-libs/boost-1.55.0-r2:0/1.55.0::gento

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/09/2015 19:26, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 09/27/2015 11:07 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Does anyone here know what dynamic deps are exactly, how they work and >> can describe them? >> >> There's lots of talk over on -dev about getting rid of them and the >> closest description is from Ciaran

Re: [gentoo-user] update problems

2015-09-27 Thread lee
Alan McKinnon writes: > On 26/09/2015 11:47, lee wrote: >> Rich Freeman writes: >> >>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Alan McKinnon >>> wrote: > [...] >> It gives the same results (after syncing again), plus a message that >> wasn't there before: >> >> >> , >> | x11-drivers/nvidia-dr

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 09/27/2015 11:07 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Does anyone here know what dynamic deps are exactly, how they work and > can describe them? > > There's lots of talk over on -dev about getting rid of them and the > closest description is from Ciaran, something like: > > "ancient shit that never wor

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 27/09/2015 17:12, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Alan McKinnon >> wrote: >>> So, my question: wtf are dynamic deps? How do I find the records they >>> must leave behind in portage? >> >> For the latter question

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/shm in a Linux container

2015-09-27 Thread Poison BL.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, lee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> when updating a guest in an LXC, emerging python pointed out a problem >> with a broken /dev/shm. So I found out how to mount /dev/shm in the >> container and updated. >> >> However,

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/09/2015 17:12, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >> So, my question: wtf are dynamic deps? How do I find the records they >> must leave behind in portage? > > For the latter question, you can rebuild affected packages like so: > > emerge --with

Re: [gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > So, my question: wtf are dynamic deps? How do I find the records they > must leave behind in portage? For the latter question, you can rebuild affected packages like so: emerge --with-bdeps=y @changed-deps. You can also add --changed-deps

[gentoo-user] dynamic deps, wtf are they exactly

2015-09-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
Does anyone here know what dynamic deps are exactly, how they work and can describe them? There's lots of talk over on -dev about getting rid of them and the closest description is from Ciaran, something like: "ancient shit that never worked right, involving phases of the moon" 10 days ago I swi

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/shm in a Linux container

2015-09-27 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, lee wrote: > Hi, > > when updating a guest in an LXC, emerging python pointed out a problem > with a broken /dev/shm. So I found out how to mount /dev/shm in the > container and updated. > > However, I'm wondering how secure that is, and I wonder if I should > le

[gentoo-user] /dev/shm in a Linux container

2015-09-27 Thread lee
Hi, when updating a guest in an LXC, emerging python pointed out a problem with a broken /dev/shm. So I found out how to mount /dev/shm in the container and updated. However, I'm wondering how secure that is, and I wonder if I should leave it mounted or disable the mount. It might be a very bad

Re: [gentoo-user] update problems

2015-09-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/09/2015 17:00, lee wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > >> On 20/09/2015 17:28, lee wrote: >>> Neil Bothwick writes: >>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote: > >> [...] > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been > pulled !!! into the depende

Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamically change PORTAGE_TMPDIR via bashrc?

2015-09-27 Thread Florian Gamböck
Hi James, thank you for your reply. On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 02:08:19PM +, James wrote: > I have been following 'bcache' as an interesting addition to complex > compiling scenarios. I'm not certain how it will help your 'wild ideas', > but it is worth a look, imho Yes, I have also heard of bc

Re: [gentoo-user] update problems

2015-09-27 Thread lee
Alan McKinnon writes: > On 20/09/2015 17:28, lee wrote: >> Neil Bothwick writes: >> >>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:36:06 +0200, lee wrote: > [...] !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > [

Re: [gentoo-user] CMYK comparison to sRGB between platforms

2015-09-27 Thread Mick
On Sunday 27 Sep 2015 11:50:54 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 27 September 2015 10:47:51 Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 27 Sep 2015 09:58:43 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I do have the two .icc files in .local/share/icc: > > > > > > $ ls -l .local/share/icc > > > total 28K > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 prh prh 1

Re: [gentoo-user] CMYK comparison to sRGB between platforms

2015-09-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 27 September 2015 10:47:51 Mick wrote: > On Sunday 27 Sep 2015 09:58:43 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I do have the two .icc files in .local/share/icc: > > > > $ ls -l .local/share/icc > > total 28K > > -rw-r--r-- 1 prh prh 1.2K Sep 9 16:51 > > edid-fbec4f9c1804ea718b6e1b585fc234ad.icc -rw-

Re: [gentoo-user] CMYK comparison to sRGB between platforms

2015-09-27 Thread Mick
On Sunday 27 Sep 2015 09:58:43 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 26 September 2015 16:11:04 Mick wrote: > > Thank you all for your answers. They guided me to do some reading in > > this field, which is quite a science all on its own! > > --->8 > > > Peter's description does not mention which a

Re: [gentoo-user] CMYK comparison to sRGB between platforms

2015-09-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 26 September 2015 16:11:04 Mick wrote: > Thank you all for your answers. They guided me to do some reading in this > field, which is quite a science all on its own! --->8 > Peter's description does not mention which application loads the .icc file > that the hughski creates, but I'm