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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:22:01 +0200 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> EAPI 3 is reopened for the purpose of including one sole feature, |
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> namely preservation of file modification times, as outlined in |
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> bug 264130, option B of comment 26 [1]. Both Portage and Pkgcore |
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> already comply with this, so it would be zero implementation cost. |
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Why go with an inferior solution? Why not go with a solution that |
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requires the package manager to fix broken mtimes? |
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Also, what are the rules regarding this and things like stripping and |
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other fixes and changes that the package manager performs upon files |
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before merging them? |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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