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bobo
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 12:16 am    Post subject: New ebuilds, same old versions - why? Reply with quote

Can anyone out there tell me if there is a policy about updating ebuilds without bumping the version number?

I've just had another occasion when a fix to a broken package (sys-apps/psmisc) didn't get picked up by "emerge rsync", "emerge -u world" because the developer fixed the ebuild but didn't bump the version number.

This is a real pain because wonderful, kind, smart people fix things, but folk don't get the benfit as portage doesn't see a "new" version to update to.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 11:38 am    Post subject: Re: New ebuilds, same old versions - why? Reply with quote

bobo wrote:
Can anyone out there tell me if there is a policy about updating ebuilds without bumping the version number?

I've just had another occasion when a fix to a broken package (sys-apps/psmisc) didn't get picked up by "emerge rsync", "emerge -u world" because the developer fixed the ebuild but didn't bump the version number.


Some of these are keyword changes (such as unmasking sparc or ppc) without any real change to the ebuild itself. Believe me, you do not want the version being -r(n) bumped each time someone changes a keyword. This means if you're doing an emerge system/world, you'll likely be recompiling apps that do not need to be recompiled, especially if you're on x86.

Version bumps should happen (imo) only when ebuild bugs have been fixed or new versions of the software is out. Keyword changes, URI corrections, description changes, etc -- all of that isn't worth bumping the ebuild version #.
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