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On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:15:37 -0800 |
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Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> wrote: |
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> No, once they are downloaded, they don't change ever after the quarterly |
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> rollover which starts a new updates file. |
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gentoo-x86/profiles/updates $ LANG=C ls -1 --sort=time |
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4Q-2012 |
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3Q-2012 |
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1Q-2008 |
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2Q-2012 |
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4Q-2011 |
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1Q-2012 |
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3Q-2011 |
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2Q-2011 |
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1Q-2011 |
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2Q-2005 |
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3Q-2008 |
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4Q-2010 |
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1Q-2005 |
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2Q-2008 |
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3Q-2010 |
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2Q-2010 |
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1Q-2010 |
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3Q-2004 |
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4Q-2009 |
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3Q-2009 |
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2Q-2009 |
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1Q-2009 |
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4Q-2008 |
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3Q-2005 |
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3Q-2007 |
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4Q-2007 |
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2Q-2007 |
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1Q-2007 |
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4Q-2006 |
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2Q-2006 |
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3Q-2006 |
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1Q-2006 |
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4Q-2005 |
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4Q-2004 |
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2Q-2004 |
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1Q-2004 |
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old entries are done in different context (comparing to 2012): |
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- some packages change names 2 or 3 times |
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- slots have different meaning |
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moreover: |
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- if you set your PORTDIR to different |
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directory you'll get all that full update. |
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And will break the system. Old profile entries |
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used to break eclass-manpages and latex-base |
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(due to double renaming) |
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Random example: |
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Let's loot at why 2Q-2005 was changed in 2010: |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351760 |
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Thus the reason for removal is simple: |
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old entries are potentially buggy as nobody |
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verifies them. |
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Sergei |
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