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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Moving HOMEPAGE out of ebuilds for the future
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:42:49 +0100
>>>>> 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


References:
[RFC] Moving HOMEPAGE out of ebuilds for the future
-- Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
Re: [RFC] Moving HOMEPAGE out of ebuilds for the future
-- James Cloos
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