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The feature of using 'simple filename' to fetch from mirrors |
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is ill-defined (which mirrors?). The Portage implementation works only |
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if GENTOO_MIRRORS are explicitly set. It's not used in any ebuilds. |
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Let's remove it retroactively from the specification. |
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Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/695814 |
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Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> |
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--- |
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ebuild-vars.tex | 6 ++---- |
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/ebuild-vars.tex b/ebuild-vars.tex |
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index 2f81db7..b38260e 100644 |
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--- a/ebuild-vars.tex |
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+++ b/ebuild-vars.tex |
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@@ -159,11 +159,9 @@ managers may also consult mirrors for their files. |
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The special \t{mirror://} protocol must be supported. See section~\ref{sec:thirdpartymirrors} for |
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mirror details. |
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-If a simple filename rather than a full URI is provided, the package manager can only use mirrors |
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-to download the file. |
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- |
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The \t{RESTRICT} metadata key can be used to impose additional restrictions upon downloading---see |
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-section~\ref{sec:restrict} for details. |
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+section~\ref{sec:restrict} for details. Fetch restricted packages may use a simple filename instead |
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+of a full URI. |
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\featurelabel{src-uri-arrows} In EAPIs listed in table~\ref{tab:uri-arrows-table} as supporting |
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arrows, if an arrow is used, the filename used when saving to \t{DISTDIR} shall instead be the name |
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2.24.1 |
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