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From: Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] tarball doesn't have version -> portage problem
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 14:50:44
Message-Id: 20030506145046.GA2606@Daikan.pandora.be
1 Hi,
2
3 If a package doesn't have a version in it's name, then we have a problem
4 concerning updating: Portage will think that the sourcecode in
5 /usr/portage/distfiles (the old tarball) is the recent one and will install
6 it.
7
8 One solution would be to rename the tarball personally and put it on ibiblio.
9 However, some tools prohibit distribution of the sourcecode, so this solution
10 isn't 100% safe.
11
12 Any thoughts on how to handle this?
13
14 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16222
15
16 Wkr,
17 Sven Vermeulen
18
19 --
20 Thanks to DRM, you know that something has been built in environment of
21 unspecified degree of security, from source you cannot check, written by
22 programmers you don't know, released after passing QA of unknown quality and
23 which is released under a license that disclaims any responsibility...

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Re: [gentoo-dev] tarball doesn't have version -> portage problem Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>