Re: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files

[Jan Sever]

On 02/14/2015 02:38 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:26:33 +0100 (CET), Jan Sever wrote:
>>>> I was looking for information about the source for checksums of
>>>> installed files but I didn't find. I'd like to know whether Portage
>>>> makes checksums (for equery check) from installed files in /, or
>>>> in /var/tmp/portage. And similarly whether it makes binary packages
>>>> (when asked) from /, or again from /var/tmp/portage. It'd make sense,
>>>> it'd make it from /var/tmp/portage but I'm not sure of that. 
>>>
>>> It makes the packages from $PORTAGE_TMPDIR and then installs from that
>>> package, when using buildpkg. Quickpkg builds fro the installed
>>> files. 
>>
>> Thanks for your very quick answer. And the checksums?
>
> There's a good reason I didn't answer that part of the question...

Good reason? I don't understand. When I looked into ebuild(1), I found
"the  installed  files' checksums are recorded" which can be explained
both ways but checksums from $PORTAGE_TMPDIR is more likely.

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Jan Sever