For the update to media-video/vlc-3.0.17.4 only a simple copy of the ebuild media-video/vlc-3.0.17.3-r2 to my locali repo was needed to successfully emerge: --- [ebuild U ~] media-video/vlc-3.0.17.4:0/5-9::locali [3.0.17.3-r2:0/5-9::gentoo] USE="X a52 -alsa -aom archive -aribsub -bidi -bluray -cddb -chromaprint -chromecast dav1d dbus -dc1394 -debug (-directx) dts dvbpsi dvd -encode faad fdk ffmpeg flac -fluidsynth fontconfig gcrypt -gme gnome-keyring gstreamer gui -ieee1394 -jack jpeg kate libass -libcaca libnotify -libsamplerate -libtar -libtiger -linsys -lirc -live -lua -macosx-notifications mad matroska -modplug mp3 mpeg mtp musepack ncurses -nfs ogg -omxil -optimisememory opus png -projectm pulseaudio -rdp -run-as-root -samba -sdl-image -sftp -shout -sid -skins -soxr speex -srt ssl -svg taglib -test theora tremor truetype twolame udev -upnp v4l vaapi -vdpau -vnc vpx -wayland x264 x265 xml -zeroconf -zvbi" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx sse" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="-lua5-1" 0 KiB Total: 2 packages (2 upgrades), Size of downloads: 14.748 KiB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y Sorry, response ' y' not understood. [Yes/No] y >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 2) dev-lang/ruby-3.1.2-r1::gentoo >>> Installing (1 of 2) dev-lang/ruby-3.1.2-r1::gentoo >>> Emerging (2 of 2) media-video/vlc-3.0.17.4::locali >>> Installing (2 of 2) media-video/vlc-3.0.17.4::locali >>> Jobs: 2 of 2 complete ---
There's absolutely no point. The upstream release notes say: """ This is a hotfix release to fix a UPnP regression on Windows. Other platforms are *not* affected by this release and can stay on 3.0.17.3 """
There seemed to be also some updates to translations when comparing both sources :/
