From: Sebastian Luther <SebastianLuther@gmx.de>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Inherit updates settings from master repositories by default
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:00:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52EE95E2.8000902@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201402012038.06302.Arfrever.FTA@gmail.com>
Am 01.02.2014 20:38, schrieb Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis:
> Handling of inheritance of updates settings
> (${repository_location}/profiles/updates/*) is broken in Portage
> and triggers DeprecationWarnings.
>
> Current behavior: - When profiles/updates directory exists in
> repository X, then only settings from this directory are used for
> packages installed from repository X. - When profiles/updates
> directory does not exist in repository X, then only settings from
> profiles/updates directory of repository set in (scheduled for
> deprecation) 'main-repo' attribute of 'DEFAULT' section in
> repos.conf are used for packages installed from repository X,
> regardless of value of 'masters' attribute in metadata/layout.conf
> of repository X.
>
> Suggested behavior: - Support for new 'updates-masters' attribute
> in metadata/layout.conf. If this attribute is not set explicitly,
> then it defaults to value of 'masters' attribute. - Settings from
> profiles/updates directories in repository X and repositories set
> in 'updates-masters' attribute in metadata/layout.conf of
> repository X are used for packages installed from repository X.
>
> (If a repository containing profiles/updates directory wants to
> still not inherit updates settings from master repositories, then
> it will need 'updates-masters =' in metadata/layout.conf.)
>
+1
The old behavior doesn't make any sense and the new one is in line
what's done for every other thing inherited from the masters.
> -- Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-02 19:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-01 19:38 [gentoo-portage-dev] [RFC] Inherit updates settings from master repositories by default Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2014-02-02 19:00 ` Sebastian Luther [this message]
2014-02-05 8:03 ` Mike Frysinger
2014-02-05 18:11 ` Sebastian Luther
2014-02-17 8:06 ` Mike Frysinger
2014-02-17 21:07 ` Sebastian Luther
2014-02-17 8:09 ` Mike Frysinger
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