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From: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2021 16:21:21
Message-Id: 1625329136.cec523e3124cd7cc04d688c397262935875ae35a.ulm@gentoo
1 commit: cec523e3124cd7cc04d688c397262935875ae35a
2 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
3 AuthorDate: Wed Jun 23 07:25:15 2021 +0000
4 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
5 CommitDate: Sat Jul 3 16:18:56 2021 +0000
6 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=cec523e3
7
8 general-concepts/ebuild-revisions: add 'updating USE flag defaults' in dep as revbump reason
9
10 Without revision bumping in cases where we change USE dep defaults in a
11 dependency, the package manager will refuse an upgrade because newer
12 versions of the dependency will not satisfy the requirements
13 in the package.
14
15 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/devmanual/pull/232
16 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
17 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>
18
19 general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml | 1 +
20 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
21
22 diff --git a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
23 index 395cc7f..00e60c5 100644
24 --- a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
25 +++ b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
26 @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ of thumb could be used as a guideline:
27 <li>installing additional files that could be useful to the user,</li>
28 <li>adding a missing runtime dependency to one of the existing blocks,</li>
29 <li>adding a binding subslot operator (:=) to a dependency,</li>
30 + <li>updating a dependency with default on/off USE flags,</li>
31 <li>
32 adding a missing build-time dependency that contributed to
33 a successfully yet incorrect build (e.g. missing some feature),