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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] More ebuild descriptions
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Date: Mon Jul 30 10:37:02 2001
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:01:58PM +0300, Dan Armak wrote:
> On Monday 30 July 2001 09:37, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I confuse about ebuild file, especially ebuild with more than one revision.
> >
> > For example, there are xyz.ebuild, xyz-r1.ebuild, and xyz-r2.ebuild, then
> > what is the differences between them.
> 
> Different revisions mean the same version of the program is installed, but 
> the installation process and result is different. E.g. different install 
> location, different default configuraion, fixing of serious bugs...

-r1 of a package is "revision 1"; -r2 is "revision 2".  You should use the most
recent revision available.  If there is no -rx specified, it is -r0 (the initial,
unrevised version).

Best Regards,

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Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc.