Although aliases can be assigned to repositories, either by the user or by repositories themselves, these cannot be used as the [name] in repos.conf. This is inconvenient if a repository wants to change its name without breaking existing configurations. I have already fixed this, I'm just filing this bug for posterity.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=ea04a583fab9739dbe05e8d8381ed2803e7dce88 commit ea04a583fab9739dbe05e8d8381ed2803e7dce88 Author: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-07-09 13:07:58 +0000 Commit: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-07-10 16:55:20 +0000 config: Allow a repository to be configured using one of its aliases Currently, the `[name]` in repos.conf can only match the primary name. This is inconvenient if a repository wants to change its name without breaking existing configurations. This raises the question of whether to then use the primary name or the alias in the UI and in the vardb. I went with the primary name because this is presumably the name that the repository actually wants you to use. If the configured name matches neither the primary name nor an alias, then emaint sync will simply claim that it is not found, but that behaviour is unchanged from before. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935830 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/1358 Signed-off-by: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> NEWS | 3 +++ lib/portage/repository/config.py | 10 ++++++---- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=02d0e00a1ba811b39140d10e17488f7fc3916534 commit 02d0e00a1ba811b39140d10e17488f7fc3916534 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-09-11 01:30:10 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-09-11 01:30:30 +0000 sys-apps/portage: add 3.0.66 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/435066 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/907061 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/910560 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/933433 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934220 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934514 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934784 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935830 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/936273 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/937384 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/937485 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/937740 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/937888 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/937891 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/938127 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/933499 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> sys-apps/portage/Manifest | 1 + sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.66.ebuild | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 228 insertions(+)
