commit: 15e584879453707f3ffdd5ec94dc9f2a10a8832a Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sun Mar 21 04:21:22 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Mar 30 07:31:21 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=15e58487
ebuild-writing/file-format: mention 99999999 as live for YYYYMMDD versions Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml index ff738c2..bd87629 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml @@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ is $(upcoming-version)_preYYYYMMDD. <p> The policy for so-called <e>live</e> ebuilds (see <uri link="::ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/#src_unpack Actions"/>) -is to use <c>9999</c> as the version (or as the last version component). +is to use <c>9999</c> as the version (or as the last version component). For +packages with more than 4 digits e.g. YYYYMMDD format, <c>99999999</c> is an +acceptable alternative. </p> </body>
