One last point to handle, how to migrate gdk-pixbuf.cache so that it is owned by the ebuild ?
I've discussed this with Michał and it seems two options are possible. 1. rm the file on the filesystem in pkg_preinst in gdk-pixbuf ebuild pros: - works immediately without fiddling with profiles (see 2) cons: - no idea what PMS says about it, Michał told me it shouldn't work yet my testing proves otherwise. - leaves the system with no loaders.cache for a while which could result in apps starting with no lots of missing icons. 2. use COLLISION_IGNORE in profiles/base/make.conf pros: - does not leave the system without the cache file cons: - add a setting to base/make.conf for a long period of time to ensure most of our user have migrated (how long would it be btw, 6 months, 1 year ?) - does not protect other packages from owning the package due to this very solution for the time the setting is left in base/make.conf 3. write a news item and let users handle it Is there any other solution or is there any other point that would move the balance from one solution to another ? This solution would also be applied to a couple of other commonly regenerated files in Gnome ebuilds, like gtk-icon-cache, etc. -- Gilles Dartiguelongue <e...@gentoo.org> Gentoo
