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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Usages of CVS $Header$ keyword in ebuilds - use cases wanted
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:39:40
Message-Id: 20080826214525.GH30560@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Usages of CVS $Header$ keyword in ebuilds - use cases wanted by Yuri Vasilevski
1 On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 03:59:09PM -0500, Yuri Vasilevski wrote:
2 > > Err, what do you mean by revision dump?
3 > revision dump is when foo-1.0-r4 becomes foo-1.0-r5.
4 That's revision 'B'ump, not 'D'ump.
5
6 > But when foo-1.0-r4 is updated in-place, I use CVS revisions
7 > (ej: 1.12 -> 1.13 in 2nd word in $ Header: ....)
8 The $Header$ is filled out automatically by CVS, what are you using the
9 $Header$ string for?
10
11 Why do you need to identify the changes? Considering that the checksum
12 changes as well, is detecting change not sufficient? (or asking the VCS
13 for what files have changed since your last check time).
14
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16 Robin Hugh Johnson
17 Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy
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