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[Jaka Kranjc <smgl AT lynxlynx.info>]

On Wednesday 03 of August 2011 17:47:03 David Kowis wrote:
> On 08/02/2011 03:12 AM, Jaka Kranjc wrote:
> > It's already in test. And check this:
> > http://wiki.sourcemage.org/Grimoire/MergingGCC
> > 
> > nfs-utils is no longer a problem.
> > 
> > A fresh chroot from the last 64bit stable one was rebuilt, test updated
> > and then I cast pbzip2, which wanted gcc with CXX. The rest is history,
> > the transition went fine. This is a variant of your first scenario.
> > 
> > Of course having g++ dispelled on a c++ heavy system means it can be
> > unusable until the libraries are replaced by the merged spell.
> 
> Is there any way to fire off a trigger or something to verify those
> libraries? We don't want to leave a broken system... Can we get a script
> to find them so at the very least we can tell the admin what's needed to
> be manually rebuilt?
All they can do is wait. It is a problem only after BUILD until the libraries 
get installed again.

Now that the compiler collection is easier to work on, we can try making it 
install to a temporary location during BUILD, which should help at least for 
new library loads. We do similar tricks in some other basesystem spells 
already.

LP
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