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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-04-12 07:39:01 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-04-12 07:39:01 +0000
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Add a note about dlopen and libtool archives in the LinkageMap.findConsumers()
docstring. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=13334
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diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
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--- a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
@@ -642,6 +642,11 @@ class LinkageMap(object):
fail to preserve binutils libs that are needed by these unrecognized
consumers.
+ Note that library consumption via dlopen (common for kde plugins) is
+ currently undetected. However, it is possible to use the
+ corresponding libtool archive (*.la) files to detect such consumers
+ (revdep-rebuild is able to detect them).
+
@param obj: absolute path to an object or a key from _obj_properties
@type obj: string (example: '/usr/bin/bar') or _ObjectKey
@rtype: set of strings (example: set(['/bin/foo', '/usr/bin/bar']))