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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Xorg-server-1.14.1.901 Fails Emerge
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 04:16:50 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan$78f33$1567fda3$6e345b2d$60ce15a3@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 51AF01FB.4090702@gmail.com

Dale posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:16:43 -0500 as excerpted:

> ebuild path/to/ebuild manifest/digest
> 
> Naturally that is from memory and replace the relevant parts.  You may
> need manifest for one or digest but structure is the same.  Actually, I
> think they both do the same thing after a quick glance at man ebuild.
> Should get you started tho.

That's correct.

Manifest/digest do the same thing now, but years ago there was one 
version of it, then things changed a bit and the other appeared that did 
something a bit different, but on repositories/overlays using the newer 
version the older version simply aliased to the new so people's scripts, 
etc, didn't break.  I've forgotten the exact details, but I remember it 
feeling slightly ridiculous at first using the old form for the new 
function, since it wasn't really technically accurate any more.  I think 
that's why they changed the name on the second, making it more accurate 
again.  But then that broke people's scripts so they aliased the old to 
the new, and now they both do the same thing.

-- 
Duncan - List replies preferred.   No HTML msgs.
"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman



  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-06  4:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-05  2:17 [gentoo-amd64] Xorg-server-1.14.1.901 Fails Emerge Frank Peters
2013-06-05  6:00 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2013-06-05  7:25   ` Frank Peters
2013-06-05  8:03     ` Frank Peters
2013-06-05  8:43   ` Frank Peters
2013-06-05  9:16     ` Dale
2013-06-06  4:16       ` Duncan [this message]
2013-06-06  5:26       ` Duncan
2013-06-06 13:52         ` David Klann
2013-06-05 13:00     ` Rich Freeman

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