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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:23:48 -0400
James Cloos <cloos@...> wrote:
> OK. Let me rephrase. Portage does not need to validate local
> changes.
Sure it does. If it doesn't, and your local changes affect metadata,
horrible things happen.
> If a user uses a local eclass to override one in portage or in some
> remote overlay s/he follows, it is his/er responsibility to update
> it when the original undergoes major renovation.
Users aren't responsible...
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Ciaran McCreesh
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