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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-pms] empty Manifest files
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:26:47
Message-Id: 22487.7565.75964.749793@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
1 Section 4.3 "Package Directories" says:
2 <https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/6/pms.html#x1-340004.3>
3
4 A package directory contains the following:
5 [...]
6 * A Manifest file, whose format is described in [GLEP 44].
7
8 Which is the only item not marked as optional in that list. Now with
9 thin manifests the file can end up empty, in which case it is omitted
10 (e.g. if the package contains only live ebuilds).
11
12 So, should we enforce that there is always a Manifest file even if it
13 is empty, or should we update the spec? I would suggest the latter.
14
15 Ulrich

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