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From: Brian Evans <grknight@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rsync.gentoo.org rsync modules: ChangeLogs dropped from gentoo-portage
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:54:31
Message-Id: 885dada6-bbf6-169d-3315-3dc516c578e3@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rsync.gentoo.org rsync modules: ChangeLogs dropped from gentoo-portage by Ulrich Mueller
1 On 11/16/2016 10:02 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2 >>>>>> On Wed, 16 Nov 2016, Michael Mol wrote:
3 >
4 >> On 10/30/2016, in message <3d0d574c-63b1-cf2d-633f-d18495202ec3@g.o>,
5 >> Brian Evans wrote:
6 >
7 >>> We just had a user in #gentoo report that app-dicts/myspell-en had a
8 >>> mismatched ChangeLog size in Manifest that blocked him from installing
9 >>> software.
10 >
11 >>> So this does not seem to be treated as a warning for a MISC type.
12 >
13 > The question is if stable Portage of one year ago (that would be
14 > version 2.2.20, I believe) treats this correctly. If it doesn't,
15 > the upgrade path is broken.
16 >
17 > Ulrich
18 >
19
20 Non-existent MISC files are ignored.
21 But when they do exist, they are checked like every other file which may
22 be a misinterpretation of the GLEP.
23
24 Removing the ChangeLogs will not break portage even if they still exist
25 in the Manifest.
26
27 Brian

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