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From: "Todd Wright" <wylie@geekasylum.org>
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:47:05 +1100
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Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] Portage Integrity (Was: gcc ebuild's, downgrades, deletion etc)
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Phil Richards Wrote:

> My system is now trying to downgrade me to 3.2.2-r1 even though
> I use --upgrade-only, and I'm guessing that the reason why is that
> not only is 3.2.2-r3 onwards masked, but 3.2.2-r4.ebuild has been
> deleted.  And, in fact, all reference to it in ChangeLog has gone.
>=20
> *Please* *please* *please* don't do this.
>=20

I have to second this.  I recently submitted an ebuild =
(app-emulation/hercules-2.17.1.ebuild) and the developer apparently =
decided to copy the 2.15 ebuild to 2.17.1 rather than use the attached =
2.17.1 ebuild provided.

Granted there were only minor changes in the new ebuild, but another =
more complex package may have seen more complex changes in the ebuild =
between the different versions, and added functionality is missing. He =
didnt even respond to my questions added to the 'bug', just updated one =
of the fields so I know he saw it.

I have to voice my concern for the integrity of the portage tree. If =
packages are being deleted and others being thrown together from an old =
copy instead of the fresh one, things are bound to break.

*Please* *please* *please* don't do this.
=20
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