On 09/16/2016 08:20 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 17 Sep 2016, Kent Fredric wrote: >> 4. Due to referential integrity, it should be trivial to identify which >> files are needed by a given ebuild, and which files are now redundant, >> assisting with keeping the tree pruned. > > How does a file in FILESDIR get stale? The typical scenario is that a > patch will no longer be needed after a version bump and pruning of old > ebuild versions. I fear that with FILES the problem would simply be > shifted: instead of forgetting to delete the stale file, people would > forget removing the patch from the FILES list.
If FILES supports USE conditionals, then it's possible to use inotify to implement a QA check that detects unused files in FILES. -- Thanks, Zac
