Bug 232488

Summary:	Retention of ebuild files for versions sucessfully installed.
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Zebediah C. McClure <zmc>
Component:	Conceptual/Abstract Ideas	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Lowest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Zebediah C. McClure 2008-07-20 16:27:57 UTC

ebuilds of old software / old versions are frequently removed from the tree.  Reverting back to an old version of a package after an upgrade or an accidental uninstall can be difficult if the package or version is removed from the portage tree.

Proposed Feature:  Portage feature flag to allow storage of installed ebuild files in an overlay for later usage.

Comment 1 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-20 16:46:48 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 126059 ***