Nikos Chantziaras <realnc <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On 21/04/15 21:14, james wrote: > > How do you tell if a ~9999 is actually based on the nightlies, > > 5.1 or is just old ebuild with the .9999 extension somebody never > > got around to renaming or deleting? > > 9999 are live ebuilds. Not based on any release or nightlies. They > download the code from a version control repository (Git, Svn, etc.) in > whatever state it currently is and build from that. The version before > the 9999 usually specifies the branch. For example, 5.0.9999 would mean > the latest state of the 5.0 branch (or whatever branch name would apply > to that version, like "stable".) > >
Agreeded. Look at this gcc.9999.ebuild and you tell me what version it is (Overlay: chromiumos (layman): http://gpo.zugaina.org/sys-devel/gcc Sure there is a live ebuild for the latest gcc (5.1.x) ? I just cannot find it ..... tia, James
