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On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 15:28, Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> Whenever an ebuild goes from say -r1 to -r2, that is just a revision of the ebuild, not |
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> the program itself, correct? If so, in most cases, you will get the exact same code |
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> generated, correct? |
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Wrong, a revision bump defines the point where the earlier revision and |
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the newer revision aren't the same thing anymore. For example added |
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patches would cause a bump. |
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> If the first one works, what is the point of upgrading to the next |
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> revision to get the exact same code? |
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In short this is all pretty much covered in |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/policy.xml#doc_chap3 under 'versioning and |
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revision bumps'. |
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- foser |
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