On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:28:07 -0600 Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
Incorrect. A revision bump will only be done if the installed code is changed enough that the user should upgrade. For example, if I added a minor compile fix to foo-1.0.ebuild, I wouldn't do a revision bump. However, if I added a security or functionality patch to foo-1.0.ebuild, or if I made significant changes to foo's configuration files, I *would* bump it to-r1. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail: ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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