Gentoo Archives: gentoo-pms

From: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH 2/2] tree-layout.tex: Clarify that empty Manifest files can be omitted.
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 07:11:53
Message-Id: 22487.42675.767980.240029@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-pms] empty Manifest files by Ulrich Mueller
1 With thin manifests the file can end up empty (e.g., if the package
2 contains only live ebuilds). Current practice is to leave such empty
3 files out.
4 ---
5 tree-layout.tex | 3 ++-
6 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
7
8 diff --git a/tree-layout.tex b/tree-layout.tex
9 index dfb8496..e215cf8 100644
10 --- a/tree-layout.tex
11 +++ b/tree-layout.tex
12 @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ A package directory contains the following:
13 \item A \t{metadata.xml} file, as described in appendix~\ref{sec:metadata-xml}\@. Optional only for
14 legacy support.
15 \item A \t{ChangeLog}, in a format determined by the provider of the repository. Optional.
16 -\item A \t{Manifest} file, whose format is described in~\cite{Glep44}.
17 +\item A \t{Manifest} file, whose format is described in~\cite{Glep44}. Can be omitted if the file
18 + would be empty.
19 \item A \t{files} directory, containing any support files needed by the ebuilds. Optional.
20 \end{compactitem}
21
22 --
23 2.10.0

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