Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v2] egencache: add --stable-mtime option
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:52:11
Message-Id: 56783C47.6050403@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v2] egencache: add --stable-mtime option by Alexander Berntsen
1 On 12/21/2015 07:04 AM, Alexander Berntsen wrote:
2 > The patch looks OK.
3 >
4 > On 20/12/15 23:32, Zac Medico wrote:
5 >> Since the Manifest "stable mtime" behavior could be have
6 >> undiscovered bugs, disable it by default, and add a corresponding
7 >> egencache option.
8 > You have an English børk here -- "could be have".
9
10 Thanks, fixed.
11
12 >> [PATCH v2] fixes preserved_stats to contain stat results for
13 >> self.pkgdir even if the Manifest has been removed, and also
14 >> explains the reasoning for disabling the stable mtime behavior by
15 >> default.
16 > Maybe this could go into the commit message? I'd not mind a more
17 > verbose message for this.
18
19 In v3 I've added a comment block to Manifest.write in order to document
20 subtle issues involving the mtime of self.pkgdir that must be accounted for.
21 --
22 Thanks,
23 Zac