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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-06-29 18:50:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-06-29 18:50:54 -0700 |
| commit | a1d16a01c4ca0b2b196e9256b4f309157c5545fd (patch) | |
| tree | b59bd703805fed1eda8e48732051e7ff5e5f1ca1 | |
| parent | RELEASE-NOTES: fix spelling of "respecting" (diff) | |
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env_update: document ldconfig -X for bug #373341
| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/util/env_update.py | 9 |
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diff --git a/pym/portage/util/env_update.py b/pym/portage/util/env_update.py index a82afdfea..3e295f00b 100644 --- a/pym/portage/util/env_update.py +++ b/pym/portage/util/env_update.py @@ -27,7 +27,14 @@ def env_update(makelinks=1, target_root=None, prev_mtimes=None, contents=None, env=None, writemsg_level=None): """ Parse /etc/env.d and use it to generate /etc/profile.env, csh.env, - ld.so.conf, and prelink.conf. Finally, run ldconfig. + ld.so.conf, and prelink.conf. Finally, run ldconfig. When ldconfig is + called, its -X option will be used in order to avoid potential + interference with installed soname symlinks that are required for + correct operation of FEATURES=preserve-libs for downgrade operations. + It's not necessary for ldconfig to create soname symlinks, since + portage will use NEEDED.ELF.2 data to automatically create them + after src_install if they happen to be missing. + @param makelinks: True if ldconfig should be called, False otherwise @param target_root: root that is passed to the ldconfig -r option, defaults to portage.settings["ROOT"]. @type target_root: String (Path) |