On Monday 11 September 2006 23:32, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:15:09 -0500, Dale wrote:
> > So basically if I mess with a file and then unmerge the program it
> > belongs to, I have to remember which ones I messed with and delete them
> > myself?
>
> Yes, because the file is no longer the file portage installed, so it has
> no right to remove it.
[SNIP]
> This generally isn't a problem, because you normally only edit files
> in /etc, which are config protected anyway. It arises here because
> fix_libtool_files.sh modifies the .la files. 

I still would prefer if it was stored in a log file somewhere so that if I 
ever stumple upon it I can see where it came from... Haven't gotten around to 
filing any bug about that though.

> One could argue that it is 
> the responsibility of that script to check the md5/mtime information and
> update it.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71265

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Bo Andresen