515708 – sys-fs/mtd-utils 99999999 should be 9999

Bug 515708 - sys-fs/mtd-utils 99999999 should be 9999

Summary: sys-fs/mtd-utils 99999999 should be 9999

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Robin Johnson

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Reported:	2014-06-29 22:58 UTC by Jonas Stein
Modified:	2014-06-30 14:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Jonas Stein gentoo-dev

2014-06-29 22:58:46 UTC

99999999 seems to be a typo and should be 9999 as [1] suggests.


[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?full=1

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-06-30 14:36:51 UTC

The 99999999 ebuild was introduced because of the introduction of YYYYMMDD ebuilds, and it's as valid as a version now as it was then.

*mtd-utils-99999999 (10 Mar 2009)

  10 Mar 2009; Raúl Porcel <armin76@gentoo.org> -mtd-utils-9999.ebuild,
  +mtd-utils-99999999.ebuild:
  Replace 9999 by 99999999, so its always newer


The developer handbook is both dated and incomplete.