On 02/08/2010 07:50 PM, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> It would be interesting to try to patch yaourt to do what you're wanting >> though. The simplest solution I can think of is some sort of script that >> finds out which files in a package are libraries (probably something >> simple like looking for $pkgname.$pkgver.so, combined with what files >> are different in the new package). When you update a library and a >> package that's held back depends on it: >> > One very simple solution would be to never delete anything > named /usr/lib/*.so* unless you really have to. That requires > one regexp match. A hack, not perfect but it would help. > > Ciao, > > Except then you'd annoy everyone who wants their package manager to work properly. When I update a package I expect it to clean up after itself.
