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From: "Rémi Cardona" <remi@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Best practices for package.mask removals
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:21:44
Message-Id: 479EFD40.2070906@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Best practices for package.mask removals by Ryan Hill
1 Ryan Hill a écrit :
2 > Remi (or rane.. or some other r- dev ;]) was asking a couple days ago
3 > how to
4 > write a package.mask entry for removals so the script picks it up.
5 > Actually
6 > there is no script (just me), and there's no real rules. but I thought I'd
7 > mention a couple things that would make life easier.
8 >
9 > In your package.mask entry, it would help to have the following info:
10 >
11 > a) reason for masking
12 > b) bug # for the removal (and yes you should have one)
13 > c) date of removal (either the date or just "in x days" is fine)
14 > d) the word "removal" :P
15
16 Alright :) Thanks for the tips
17
18 Cheers,
19
20 Rémi
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