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| author |   Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@binghamton.edu> | 2016-04-20 02:45:16 -0400 |
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| committer | Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@binghamton.edu> | 2016-04-23 20:21:39 -0400 |
| commit | 41ede153d18e712ea0686f23f3571d2e444f1b5f (patch) | |
| tree | 1bc6bfd708ef0a714532b1753b0c7b9738ebd15b /ebuild-maintenance | |
| parent | ebuild-maintenance: remove the mention of ChangeLog (diff) | |
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ebuild-maintenance: information for updating metadata on package move/removal
Per GLEP 68, metadata.xml supports referencing other packages using
the <pkg> tag. It also allows package atoms to be specified as part of
the "restrict" attribute for various tags. These references should be
properly updated/removed upon package moves and removals.
Reported-by: NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@binghamton.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'ebuild-maintenance')
| -rw-r--r-- | ebuild-maintenance/text.xml | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml index 66d736f..7cbe755 100644 --- a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml @@ -441,8 +441,12 @@ Next is checking the files under <path>profiles/</path> such as <path>profiles/package.mask</path> and update them to reflect the ebuild move. Various eclasses automatically provide some of the dependencies upon inherit, so the files under <path>eclass/</path> should be checked and updated -properly as well. Lastly, the titles of the open bugs related to the package -should be updated. +properly. If the package metadata.xml has tags with <c>restrict</c> +attribute, they should be updated to reflect the move. The +metadata.xml for various packages may contain references to the +package being moved using the <c><pkg></c> tag which need to be +updated accordingly as well. Lastly, the titles of the open bugs +related to the package should be updated. </p> <p> @@ -467,6 +471,12 @@ Here is an example where the package </li> <li>Check the eclasses that may be referencing the package</li> <li> + Update all the + <uri link="::ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata">metadata.xml</uri> + files which contain a reference to this package using the + <c><pkg></c> tag or the <c>restrict</c> attribute. + </li> + <li> Stage all the changed files using <c>git add</c>. For example: <c>git add profiles/package.mask</c> </li> @@ -554,6 +564,11 @@ When removing packages follow these steps: <li>Wait 30 days (or more)</li> <li>Remove from the git tree unless the reason for removal has been fixed</li> <li>Remove package.mask entry</li> + <li> + Remove the <c><pkg></c> tags referencing this package in the + <uri link="::ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata">metadata.xml</uri> + files of other packages. + </li> <li>Close open bugs as WONTFIX</li> </ol> |