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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] get via update heuristics


From: Robert Collins
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] get via update heuristics
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:32:00 +1100

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 11:45, Tom Lord wrote:
> Yes.
> 
> Consider where I've used `get' to get dists--devo--1.0 but now there
> is devo--devo--1.5.   Update will do entirely the wrong thing.

Actually that use case is one of the reasons for my request :}. Perhaps
a '--magic' flag to have the behaviour enabled when doing such config
iteration?

> I think that configs that omit version numbers are of distinct but
> limited utility.

Gotcha.

Rob

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