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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# revdep-rebuild: Reverse dependency rebuilder.
+# Author: Stanislav Brabec <utx@gentoo.org>
+
+# Mask of specially evaluated libraries (exactly one space separated).
+LD_LIBRARY_MASK="libodbcinst.so libodbc.so libjava.so libjvm.so"
+
+# List of directories to be searched (feel free to edit it)
+# Note /usr/libexec and /usr/local/subprefix cotradicts FHS, but are present
+# /var/something is for cgi and similar scripts
+SEARCH_DIRS="/lib /bin /sbin /usr/lib /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/libexec /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/X11R6/sbin  /usr/e1* /usr/local /usr/qt* /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/*-*-linux-gnu /opt /var/qmail /var/vpopmail /home/httpd/cgi-bin"
+
+# Base of temporary files names.
+LIST=~/.revdep-rebuild
+
+shopt -s nullglob
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+unalias -a
+
+NO="\x1b[0;0m"
+BR="\x1b[0;01m"
+CY="\x1b[36;01m"
+GR="\x1b[32;01m"
+RD="\x1b[31;01m"
+YL="\x1b[33;01m"
+BL="\x1b[34;01m"
+
+alias echo_v=echo
+
+PACKAGE_NAMES=false
+SONAME="not found"
+SONAME_GREP=fgrep
+SEARCH_BROKEN=true
+
+while : ; do
+	case "$1" in
+	-h | --help )
+		echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS] [--] [EMERGE_OPTIONS]"
+		echo
+		echo "Broken reverse dependency rebuilder."
+		echo
+		echo "  -X, --package-names  recompile based on package names, not exact versions"
+		echo "      --soname SONAME  recompile packages using library with SONAME instead"
+		echo "                       of broken library (SONAME providing library must be"
+		echo "                       present in the system)"
+		echo "      --soname-regexp SONAME"
+		echo "                       the same as --soname, but accepts grep-style regexp"
+		echo "  -q, --quiet          be less verbose"
+		echo
+		echo "Calls emerge, all other options are used for it (e. g. -p, --pretend)."
+		echo
+		echo "Report bugs to <utx@gentoo.org>"
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	-X | --package-names )
+		PACKAGE_NAMES=true
+		shift
+		;;
+	-q | --quiet )
+		alias echo_v=:
+		shift
+		;;
+	--soname=* )
+		SONAME="${1#*=}"
+		SEARCH_BROKEN=false
+		shift
+		;;
+	--soname )
+		SONAME="$2"
+		SEARCH_BROKEN=false
+		shift 2
+		;;
+	--soname-regexp=* )
+		SONAME="${1#*=}"
+		SONAME_GREP=grep
+		SEARCH_BROKEN=false
+		shift
+		;;
+	--soname-regexp )
+		SONAME="$2"
+		SONAME_GREP=grep
+		SEARCH_BROKEN=false
+		shift 2
+		;;
+	-- )
+		shift
+		break
+		;;
+	* )
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+function set_trap () {
+	trap "rm_temp $1" SIGHUP SIGINT SIGQUIT SIGABRT SIGTERM
+}
+
+function rm_temp () {
+	echo " terminated."
+	echo "Removing incomplete $1."
+	rm $1
+	echo
+	exit 1
+}
+
+if $SEARCH_BROKEN ; then
+	SONAME_SEARCH="$SONAME"
+	LLIST=$LIST
+	HEAD_TEXT="broken by any package update"
+	OK_TEXT="Dynamic linking on your system is consistent"
+	WORKING_TEXT=" consistency"
+else
+	SONAME_SEARCH="	$SONAME "
+	LLIST=${LIST}_$(echo "$SONAME_SEARCH$SONAME" | md5sum | head -c 8)
+	HEAD_TEXT="using given shared object name"
+	OK_TEXT="There are no dynamic links to $SONAME"
+	WORKING_TEXT=""
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "Checking reverse dependencies..."
+echo "Packages containing binaries and libraries $HEAD_TEXT,"
+echo "will be recompiled."
+
+echo
+echo -n -e "${GR}Collecting system binaries and libraries...${NO}"
+if [ -f $LIST.1_files ] ; then
+	echo " using existing $LIST.1_files."
+else
+	set_trap "$LIST.1_files"
+	find $SEARCH_DIRS -type f \( -perm +u+x -o -name '*.so' -o -name '*.so.*' \) 2>/dev/null >$LIST.1_files
+	echo -e " done.\n  ($LIST.1_files)"
+fi
+
+if $SEARCH_BROKEN ; then
+	echo
+	echo -n -e "${GR}Collecting complete LD_LIBRARY_PATH...${NO}"
+	if [ -f $LIST.2_ldpath ] ; then
+	echo " using existing $LIST.2_ldpath."
+	else
+	set_trap "$LIST.2_ldpath"
+	(
+		grep '.*\.so\(\|\..*\)$' <$LIST.1_files | sed 's:/[^/]*$::'
+		sed '/^#/d;s/#.*$//' </etc/ld.so.conf
+	) | sort -u |
+	tr '\n' : | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/:$//' >$LIST.2_ldpath
+	echo -e " done.\n  ($LIST.2_ldpath)"
+	fi
+	export COMPLETE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(cat $LIST.2_ldpath)"
+fi
+
+echo
+echo -n -e "${GR}Checking dynamic linking$WORKING_TEXT...${NO}"
+if [ -f $LLIST.3_rebuild ] ; then
+	echo " using existing $LLIST.3_rebuild."
+else
+	echo_v
+	set_trap "$LLIST.3_rebuild"
+	LD_MASK="\\(	$(echo "$LD_LIBRARY_MASK" | sed 's/\./\\./g;s/ / \\|	/g') \\)"
+	echo -n >$LLIST.3_rebuild
+	cat $LIST.1_files | while read FILE ; do
+	# Note: double checking seems to be faster than single
+	# with complete path (special add ons are rare).
+	if ldd "$FILE" 2>/dev/null | grep -v "$LD_MASK" |
+		$SONAME_GREP -q "$SONAME_SEARCH" ; then
+		if $SEARCH_BROKEN ; then
+		if LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$COMPLETE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
+		ldd "$FILE" 2>/dev/null | grep -v "$LD_MASK" |
+			$SONAME_GREP -q "$SONAME_SEARCH" ; then
+			echo "$FILE" >>$LLIST.3_rebuild
+			echo_v "  broken $FILE (requires $(ldd "$FILE" | sed -n 's/	\(.*\) => not found$/\1/p' | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/ $//' ))"
+		fi
+		else
+		echo "$FILE" >>$LLIST.3_rebuild
+		echo_v "  found $FILE"
+		fi
+	fi
+	done
+	echo -e " done.\n  ($LLIST.3_rebuild)"
+fi