Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: removal of digest files from the tree

[Zac Medico]

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Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> I do have one question, though.  What does an older portage version do
> when it hits a package with a missing digest file?
>
> Let's say I've got portage prior to 2007.0's, so it doesn't support
> Manifest2 only.  I want to "emerge --oneshot portage" to get to the
> latest version.  What do I need a digest on?  Just portage?  portage and
> its dependencies?  Which dependencies?  All of them, or just the ones
> I'll actually need to merge?
>
> I guess what I'm asking is if it is possible to have repoman create a
> digest for sys-apps/portage only, for the slow upgraders.  Of course,
> this assumes its even possible on the portage side to bother.  If not,
> just ignore this part.
>

All that they have to do is run the manifest221 script [1] and it
will generate the old style digest files containing SHA1 digests
from the Manifest files. I've tested that script on a 2005.0 stage3
and I was able to upgrade it pretty smoothly.

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/converting-manifest2.xml

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