Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild revisions

[Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@skylineaero.com>]

Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:28:07 -0600 Andrew Gaffney
> <agaffney@skylineaero.com> wrote:
> | Whenever an ebuild goes from say -r1 to -r2, that is just a revision
> | of the ebuild, not the program itself, correct? If so, in most cases,
> | you will get the exact same code generated, correct? If the first one
> | works, what is the point of upgrading to the next revision to get the
> | exact same code?
> 
> Incorrect. A revision bump will only be done if the installed code is
> changed enough that the user should upgrade.
> 
> For example, if I added a minor compile fix to foo-1.0.ebuild, I
> wouldn't do a revision bump. However, if I added a security or
> functionality patch to foo-1.0.ebuild, or if I made significant changes
> to foo's configuration files, I *would* bump it to-r1.

Okay. That makes sense.

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Andrew Gaffney


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