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On Sunday 07 November 2004 21:51, Andres Loeh wrote: |
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> The reason is (please correct me if I'm wrong) that, as far as I |
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> can see, when an ebuild is installed on a user's machine, the ebuild |
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> is saved, but not the eclasses it depends on. |
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That should be treated as a bug in Portage, and fixed. |
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We don't keep old ebuilds in the portage tree, and we certainly don't test old |
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ebuilds against current eclasses. It's just plain bonkers for Portage to be |
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relying on current eclasses like this. |
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Best regards, |
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Stu |
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