Project:Portage/Changed dependencies

This page provides information related to the --changed-deps and --dynamic-deps options which are documented in the emerge man page.

Ebuild Revision Bumps
Ebuild revision bumps are a standard means to propagate changes in the dependencies of installed packages, by triggering upgrade to the latest ebuild revision. A revision bump is warranted if there is a dependency change which has significant consequences for the dependency graph of installed packages. Refer to the Ebuild Revisions page of the Gentoo Development Guide for examples of circumstances that may qualify.

If a dependency change is made to an ebuild without creating a new revision, but the circumstances qualify for a new revision, then please report a bug which specifies the version of the ebuild that needs a revision bump. Changes to ebuilds from the gentoo repository (package specification ending with ::gentoo) can be browsed in GitWeb. Use Gentoo's Bugzilla to report bugs only for the gentoo repository.