[mythtv-users] mythbackend - undefined symbol

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Gary,

Saturday, March 18, 2017, 3:03:47 AM, you wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Mike Perkins
> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:

>> Would a 'make distclean' do any better?

> No.

> What any target will do can vary, but distclean is
> typically (and in this case) used to clean the build
> directly to a "pristine" state (in particular, removing
> built configuration files), suitable to package and
> ship the distribution.

> One of the advantages of various packaging
> systems is that they actually track specific
> files, and removing the package will remove
> all related files.  Mixing manual installation
> and packaged variants of an app usually
> ends poorly.
> _______________________________________________

Interpackage relations are complicated. Most distributions state a
factual relations on installation and leave it to the user to maintain
it afterwards. This has the advantage of an easy first installation,
but lays more expectation on the user afterwards and often fails
there. Maintaining is not easy!
Gentoo has from the start chosen a different path, not an annual pre
defined state, but a keeping of interdependencies and supporting the
user on intermediate changes.
Installing is much more work, maintaining as all inter package
dependencies are recorded, is if you want to deviate from the default
path a few hundred percent easier. Removing a package is simply a
one-button action. Downgrading the same.
If you want a simple to use no worry system, choose otherwise. If you
want a system to apply to your wishes and that changes to your wishes,
go for Gentoo. After your first investment on knowing what is
happening down in the engine, any change is easy!


Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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