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commit: 15e584879453707f3ffdd5ec94dc9f2a10a8832a |
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Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Sun Mar 21 04:21:22 2021 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Tue Mar 30 07:31:21 2021 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=15e58487 |
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ebuild-writing/file-format: mention 99999999 as live for YYYYMMDD versions |
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Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> |
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Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> |
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ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml | 4 +++- |
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1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) |
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diff --git a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml |
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index ff738c2..bd87629 100644 |
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--- a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml |
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+++ b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml |
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@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ is $(upcoming-version)_preYYYYMMDD. |
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<p> |
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The policy for so-called <e>live</e> ebuilds |
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(see <uri link="::ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/#src_unpack Actions"/>) |
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-is to use <c>9999</c> as the version (or as the last version component). |
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+is to use <c>9999</c> as the version (or as the last version component). For |
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+packages with more than 4 digits e.g. YYYYMMDD format, <c>99999999</c> is an |
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+acceptable alternative. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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