From bb9d3b0b53bded18941f12b6e2445d680fb431bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:10:06 +0000 Subject: In the LinkageMap.findConsumers() docstring, add a note about incompatibility with symlinks created by binutils-config. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=11843 --- pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'pym') diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py index 152e9d2cc..1d5c8fe26 100644 --- a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py +++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py @@ -624,7 +624,12 @@ class LinkageMap(object): In some cases, not all consumers are returned. This may occur when an soname symlink referencing a library is in an object's runpath while - the actual library is not. + the actual library is not. For example, this problem is noticeable for + binutils since it's libraries are added to the path via symlinks that + are gemerated in the /usr/$CHOST/lib/ directory by binutils-config. + Failure to recognize consumers of these symlinks makes preserve-libs + fail to preserve binutils libs that are needed by these unrecognized + consumers. @param obj: absolute path to an object or a key from _obj_properties @type obj: string (example: '/usr/bin/bar') or _ObjectKey -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22