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On 10/01/2010 02:10 PM, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On 10/01/2010 12:12 PM, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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>>> Right, so a few weeks later when they re-merge a binpkg, they suddenly |
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>>> get build failures again. And that confuses them since it's |
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>>> unexpected. This is in general a bad experience for stable users who |
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>>> want to get work done, not baby-sit their system. |
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>> Maybe advise them to use post_pkg_preinst instead of post_src_install, |
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>> so it works even for binary packages. |
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> If that won't cause problems with portage-2.1.9 (mtime/checksum |
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> messiness, for example; you're the best judge for this), then we |
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> should do it. |
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It won't cause problems because the mtime/checksum stuff is all done |
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after preinst, immediately as the files are being merged. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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