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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild revisions
From:       Brian Jackson <iggy () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2003-12-30 16:26:34
Message-ID: 200312301026.34860.iggy () gentoo ! org
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On Tuesday 30 December 2003 08:28 am, Andrew Gaffney 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?

In addition to what ciaranm said, there are cases where the -r has to do with 
the package version. The only cases I know off the top of my head are with 
kernels. Most of the external patchsets (ck-sources, aa-sources, etc.) are 
setup this way.

--Iggy
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