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ALL DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE USING MASKED PORTAGES UNLESS YOU HAVE ISSUES |
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WITH THEM. I NEED THE FEEDBACK. Read the ChangeLog. Thank you. |
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What masking on portages means: |
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Doesn't exist == It's not ready/usable for consumption. |
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package.masked == Tested locally and diffs reviewed. |
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~arch + p.m == Transition to general testing (catalyst ok'd). |
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~arch == Initial reports are good. General testing. |
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arch == Stable. |
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To use development portages as recommended for devs: |
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# echo "sys-apps/portage" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask |
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# echo "sys-apps/portage" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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Ok... Quick status update for portage... |
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STACKING PROFILES should be working IN STABLE as of a 3 weeks ago. |
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I haven't heard anything but "when stacking works" back in relation |
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to this, so I decided to email everyone (I'm way overdue for an |
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update anyway). |
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Start using repoman. If it is not adequate for your needs, TELL ME |
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WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. Repoman is required to get Manifests and gpg |
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working properly in the tree. FEATURES="cvs" please. |
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What changed that relevant to you with 2.0.51: |
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Important: |
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/var/cache/edb/virtuals is gone. Delete the file. It is replaced by |
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on-demand calculation from the tree and USER changes in the file |
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/etc/portage/virtuals. DO NOT COPY THE OLD FILE INTO /etc/portage |
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or GenBot will have to smite you. |
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Important: |
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/var/cache/edb/world is moved. It should be handled automatically |
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for you. New location is /var/lib/portage/world. regenworld is |
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friendly and won't bite you. Remember that regenworld exists as |
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it is likely that users will be confused for a while. /var/lib |
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is a private directory for portage only -- 2770 root:portage |
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Important: |
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PORTAGE_CACHEDIR is now PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR as the name is misleading. |
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PORTAGE_CACHEDIR will eventually become what was /var/cache/edb. |
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Important: |
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extra_functions.sh is REMOVED. You must inherit eutils. ONLY INHERIT ONCE. |
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ChangeLog Summary: |
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FHS compliant enhancements (see important above for some info). |
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Lots and lots of little random-bugs fixes for normal usage. |
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Virtuals handling is improved. |
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GRP/Binary-downloading enhancements and 301,302 cross-server handling. |
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Cache speedups and better corruption handling. |
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NOTE: No rsync cache for 51 yet, slow and noisy initially. |
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Lots of QA Notices (Gotta love 'em ;) |
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Category searching is now possible 'emerge -s @app-portage' |
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Fixed the spelling for the color formerly known as fucia. |
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PROVIDE is stored in the DB and referenced for dep calculation. |
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src_test is now available and enabled by FEATURES=maketest and disabled |
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per ebuild by RESTRICT=maketest. It tries make test or make check. |
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Worldfile isn't updated unless a package is new on commandline. |
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package.keywords supports * (any-stable) and ~* (any) for arch development. |
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Lots of repoman fixes and enhancements. |
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--newuse rebuilds on use flag changes. |
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FEATURES="cvs" issue is fixed SO STOP HACKING AROUND IT PLEASE. |
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infodir regeneration errors fixes. |
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Multi-cache for multiple trees (CVS vs rsync via repoman, etc). |
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See the changelog for more intimate details and the who did what to whom. |
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2.0.51_pre11 is coming out soon with more updates. |
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--NJ |
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