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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev]  Re: Proposal: pre-emerge advisories
From:       Jason Stubbs <jstubbs () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2005-07-26 10:31:53
Message-ID: 200507261931.57887.jstubbs () gentoo ! org
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On Tuesday 26 July 2005 00:27, Georgi Georgiev wrote:
> One more thing. has_version would not necessarily detect the version we
> are upgrading from (i.e., the version that will be removed after
> installation) if there is a slotted package. Could that become a
> problem?

The portage that this will be put into (if it is done) will support
slot-based atoms. Brian has brought up some issues with it being done via
an ebuild function, though. Not sure what they are as it's pretty much the
same as it's pretty much the same as pkg_fetch(), but...

Another alternative is to use metadata.xml for this stuff. That would have
the advantage of being able to create a separate tool now without having
to change any ebuild semantics. It also has the added bonus that information
could be queried regardless as to what is installed. For example,
(re-)accessing important udev upgrade notes after upgrading.

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Jason Stubbs

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