On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:22:36 +0300 Andrew Savchenko <birc...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:12:01 -0400 Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> > On 07/20/2016 01:13 PM, NP-Hardass wrote:
> > > Display-If-Installed: <=net-fs/openafs-kernel-1.6.18.2
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Starting with net-fs/openafs-kernel-1.6.18.2, this condition is no longer
> > > forced in the ebuild.
> >
> > Might not that version bound might backfire if someone upgrades before
> > reading the news? People who pull from git often don't necessarily get
> > the news in a timely fashion.
> >
> > Would it be simpler to ewarn in the ebuilds (for e.g. a year) if
> > DEBUG_RODATA=n?
>
> We already do this in openafs-kernel-1.6.18.2.ebuild:
>
> if use kernel_linux && [[ ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} < "1.6.18.2" ]]; then
Few important QA notes:
1. < is lexicographical comparison, so e.g. 1.6.2.2 < 1.6.18.2 gives
false,
2. REPLACING_VERSIONS can have more than one value,
3. Finally, '' < 1.6.18.2 gives true, so it is also printed for initial
install.
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Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>
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