>>>>> On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, James Cloos wrote:

> If it does move to metadata, it will need to be copied into /var/db
> on install.  It is important information which should not be lost if
> the package is ever removed from portage.

Also, a scan shows that there are about 400 ebuilds in the tree that
access the ${HOMEPAGE} variable. For example, it is used to output
messages in fetch-restricted packages.

Ulrich