Robert Persson wrote: > It is my understanding - and please tell me if I'm wrong - that the "r" > suffixes on the ends of ebuild versions represent fixes to the ebuild, rather > than to the package itself. If that is so, would that mean that > category/thing-x.y.z-r2 won't contain anything important (such as security > fixes) that isn't already in version x.y.z-r1? > > In that case, is there a way to avoid these petty upgrades when I "emerge -u > world"? > > Thanks > Robert
Not always. The -rX builds represent Gentoo-specific updates, ie something like a new patch, that sorta thing. This can include security fixes, if they are released as a patch rather than as an actual update to the upstream package, which would result in a version bump for the ebuild. As to blocking all *-r bumps, I don't think you can. -- GPG key UID: 0xCED35690 GPG key fingerprint: 1243 C87E 521C 3A0A 3121 C4D6 5A10 AABE CED3 5690
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