From 24ed493f08c3b4096e7c15b4710b6e7819a16a3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:47:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] For the time being, write a variation of the old _eclass_
 format so that cache written only forces a regen for older versions of
 portage rather than a ValueError due to failed long() conversion.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=4815
---
 pym/cache/template.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pym/cache/template.py b/pym/cache/template.py
index 1e3c9abe8..cce8e30a8 100644
--- a/pym/cache/template.py
+++ b/pym/cache/template.py
@@ -157,8 +157,18 @@ class database(object):
 
 def serialize_eclasses(eclass_dict):
 	"""takes a dict, returns a string representing said dict"""
+	"""The "new format", which causes older versions of <portage-2.1.2 to
+	traceback with a ValueError due to failed long() conversion.  This format
+	isn't currently written, but the the capability to read it is already built
+	in.
 	return "\t".join(["%s\t%s" % (k, str(v)) \
 		for k, v in eclass_dict.iteritems()])
+	"""
+	""" This is a variation of the old format that uses a relative path instead
+	of the full path of the eclass.  It should only force a regen in older
+	versions of portage (rather than a traceback)."""
+	return "\t".join(["%s\teclass\t%s" % (k, str(v)) \
+		for k, v in eclass_dict.iteritems()])
 
 def reconstruct_eclasses(cpv, eclass_string):
 	"""returns a dict when handed a string generated by serialize_eclasses"""
-- 
2.26.2