-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Duncan wrote: > If a user isn't syncing and updating at least once a month, well... the > ebuilds and related files remain available from viewCVS, which is open to > the public, so they can still be retrieved and stuck in an overlay, if > necessary, and Gentoo devs can of course fix the bugs and return the > ebuild to the tree, if they believe it's worth it. The files aren't gone > without a trace, forever.
Not to forget that there is a copy of each ebuild installed on your system in /var/db/pkg/, so even if you sleep for several months and miss the removal you can still grab it from there for your overlay. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE0bh66q4f+IV6B/wRAsrXAJ45pvOVbbmiGAoF7N9/uUsy9LhpuwCfcL8r NqFx5NQb9V0KbIOl+B95T+U= =iFGd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
