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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:18:52 -0700 David Shakaryan <omp@g.o> |
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wrote: |
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| I have created a small script to go through entries in package.mask |
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| and list those which are masking non-existent packages or versions. I |
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| then used this list to clean up package.mask. I tried to only remove |
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| versions that were removed and have a newer version in place, along |
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| with packages that were removed, but I accidentally /might/ have |
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| removed other entries, although I doubt it. I kept masks for future |
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| versions in place, as the maintainer of the package might have wanted |
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| to mask it ahead of time. |
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So what happens when users have an old, masked package installed that's |
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no longer masked thanks to this change? |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org |
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Web : http://ciaranm.org/ |
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