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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-01-14 03:58:33 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-01-14 03:58:33 +0000
commit82748c6e95b20e19938c5da421eda0b13814d103 (patch)
tree3211a15eab540d12cebe98628f75d274897626d7 /RELEASE-NOTES
parentInside digestgen(), don't unnecessarily call fetch() in cases when the there (diff)
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Bug #254825 - Add a note about the need to use `ebuild --force <ebuild file>
manifest` to update distfiles digests. (trunk r12500) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=12510
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@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ portage-2.1.6
used in ACCEPT_KEYWORDS.
For packages that don't specify any other KEYWORDS you can use the new **
token as documented in portage(5) to disable KEYWORDS filtering completely.
+* When generating manifests, existing distfiles digests will not be updated
+ in cases when the current file in $DISTDIR does not match. In order to
+ force digests to be updated, run `ebuild --force <ebuild file> manifest`.
+ This is a safety measure which protects valid distfiles digests from being
+ accidentally replaced by invalid digests.
portage-2.1.5
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