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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:04:46 +0000
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Subject: Re: [RFC/HEADSUP] portmaster default -w (preserve shared libraries)
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:18:51 +0100
Alex Dupre wrote:


> For simple ports it may works correctly, but for others it could
> happen that finally both revisions are linked into a library or
> executable (because one !recompiled dependency depends on the old
> version and another recompiled dependency depends on the new version)
> and this is not good. So the correct thing is to always recompile
> ports to get the new version, the 'keep old libs' flags should be
> used with caution (this is why I prefer it to be opt-in and not
> opt-out).

The main reason for keeping the libraries is that it reduces the
number of breakages during the upgrade process, which can be a very
serious inconvenience, particularly if the forced update fails to
complete. In my experience the problem you describe is much less
significant.