From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailgw3.netvision.net.il ([194.90.1.11]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15Qyx1-0003bt-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:22:21 -0600 Received: from localhost (ras7-p45.rlz.netvision.net.il [62.0.87.45]) by mailgw3.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA29413 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:19:55 +0300 (IDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dan Armak To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Problem: HOWTOs archive versions X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <01072820141302.04135@localhost> <0107291013030A.04135@localhost> <20010729160603.A4474@cvs.gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20010729160603.A4474@cvs.gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <0107300122380E.00811@localhost> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sun Jul 29 16:23:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:22:38 +0300 X-Archives-Salt: 8e04f167-0c90-4f40-9f93-d3154f24dd99 X-Archives-Hash: cd60086e2ec00998b1f7f557e05e3daa On Monday 30 July 2001 01:06, you wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 10:13:03AM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: > > As for versioning: I believe (I'm still waiting for the LDP guy's > > confirmation) that an index file inside the archive is always > > autogenerated when the archive is autogenerated. We can use its mtime > > data to add a timestamp as an ebuild version. Is there a problem with > > setting/overriding PV from within an ebuild? > > Yes. The best way is to grab one, change the name and upload it to > ibiblio.org. I'm not going to be hacking at Portage to deal with archives > with no version numbers; the problem is with the archive that doesn't have > a version number, not Portage. > > BTW, you may want to suggest that their archive generation script be > upgraded so that the generated archives have an attached version number or > date. We have, and they agreed. Now there are new problems. See my post on the overriding/disabling checksums thread. -- -- Dan Armak Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Matan, Israel