MergeProcess: propagate mtimedb["ldpath"] to parent process (bug 836375) #821
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Use an instance of multiprocessing.Pipe to propagate mtimedb["ldpath"]
from the MergeProcess child process to the parent process. This fixes
env_update calls to avoid unnecessary regeneration of ld.so.cache in
cases where mtimedb["ldpath"] has not changed since the last call to
env_update.
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/836375
Signed-off-by: Zac Medico zmedico@gentoo.org