On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 15:28, 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?
Wrong, a revision bump defines the point where the earlier revision and the newer revision aren't the same thing anymore. For example added patches would cause a bump. > If the first one works, what is the point of upgrading to the next > revision to get the exact same code? In short this is all pretty much covered in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/policy.xml#doc_chap3 under 'versioning and revision bumps'. - foser -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
