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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-01-14 00:43:51 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-01-14 00:43:51 +0000
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Bug #254825 - Add a note about the need to use `ebuild --force <ebuild file>
manifest` to update distfiles digests. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=12500
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@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ 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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