On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:15:37 -0800 Brian Dolbec <dol...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> No, once they are downloaded, they don't change ever after the quarterly
> rollover which starts a new updates file.
gentoo-x86/profiles/updates $ LANG=C ls -1 --sort=time
4Q-2012
3Q-2012
1Q-2008
2Q-2012
4Q-2011
1Q-2012
3Q-2011
2Q-2011
1Q-2011
2Q-2005
3Q-2008
4Q-2010
1Q-2005
2Q-2008
3Q-2010
2Q-2010
1Q-2010
3Q-2004
4Q-2009
3Q-2009
2Q-2009
1Q-2009
4Q-2008
3Q-2005
3Q-2007
4Q-2007
2Q-2007
1Q-2007
4Q-2006
2Q-2006
3Q-2006
1Q-2006
4Q-2005
4Q-2004
2Q-2004
1Q-2004
old entries are done in different context (comparing to 2012):
- some packages change names 2 or 3 times
- slots have different meaning
moreover:
- if you set your PORTDIR to different
directory you'll get all that full update.
And will break the system. Old profile entries
used to break eclass-manpages and latex-base
(due to double renaming)
Random example:
Let's loot at why 2Q-2005 was changed in 2010:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351760
Thus the reason for removal is simple:
old entries are potentially buggy as nobody
verifies them.
--
Sergei
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