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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:51:38
Message-Id: 200305231451.35928.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] common ebuild mistakes by Dhruba Bandopadhyay
1 On Friday 23 May 2003 14:12, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
2 >
3 > Thanks for clarification. That makes sense. I usually try the renamed
4 > ebuild in portage overlay and add a comment to the bug saying it worked
5 > without attaching it.
6 >
7
8 Many people do that, and that was what I meant. There are people though who
9 don't and also don't mention it is just a copy. They leave it for the
10 developer to find out whether the ebuilds are the same.
11
12 Paul
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