Bug 600128

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: add repos.conf setting for non-strict handling of digests for MISC manifest entries (GLEP 60)
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Zac Medico <zmedico>
Component:	Core - Ebuild Support	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	esigra
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	InVCS
Version:	2.2
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GLEP:60#INFO_.28new.2C_abstract.29
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	240187, 604854

Description Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2016-11-17 20:45:45 UTC

In GLEP 60, MISC manifest entries inherit from the abstract _INFO type, which is defined as follows:

_INFO (new, abstract)

This is the functionality of the old AUX, but does not include the implicit 'files/' prefix in the path, and is verified relative to the working directory instead of $FILESDIR.
The modification or absence of a file listed as a _INFO-derived type is not an error unless the package manager is attempting to be strict.

We can add a repos.conf setting to control this strict behavior (the [DEFAULT] section can be used for global settings).

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2016-11-24 07:11:16 UTC

I've posted a patch for review:

https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage-dev/message/e2641fb28432d76f630f2c139e096852
https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/71

Comment 2 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2016-11-24 17:58:51 UTC

This is in the master branch:

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=f8b1d840de9ffd9aa86dc8666d8915826ffa0f63

Comment 3 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2017-02-10 18:53:03 UTC

Fixed in portage-2.3.3.