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drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> Hiya, |
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> I just committed yet another bug fix to Portage 1.5_pre1. |
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> So far, I have the following features to add for 1.5_final: |
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> 1. Don't use the "rev" in the package database. Packages with the same |
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> version, but different "rev" overwrite each other. Record revision in |
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> a REVISION file in /var/db/pkg. |
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> Possibly: |
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> Only allow one version of a package installed at a time. |
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> Override with a DIFFVERSION= setting in the ebuild: |
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> DIFFVERSION="major" means "allow the same package with differing major |
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> versions to be installed" |
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> DIFFVERSION="minor" would allow foo-1.2 and foo-1.3 to be installed at |
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> the same time, but not foo-1.2 and foo-1.2.1 |
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> Comments welcome. |
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If a package provides for example virtual/mta, does it work to add |
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!virtual/mta to RDEPEND to prevent installation of duplicate mta's ? |
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I would call the variable MULTIPLE because DIFFVERSION is abit to long in my |
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eyes. |
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achim~ |
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> -- |
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> Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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