Bug #254825 - Add a note about the need to use `ebuild --force <ebuild file>

manifest` to update distfiles digests.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=12500

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index b68c02d90a32bbbeb71029ff0575af07d103ca10..c5a5dc6c25b37ac699149e9b4d55be857f6669f0 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ portage-2.1.6
   used in ACCEPT_KEYWORDS.
   For packages that don't specify any other KEYWORDS you can use the new **
   token as documented in portage(5) to disable KEYWORDS filtering completely.
+* When generating manifests, existing distfiles digests will not be updated
+  in cases when the current file in $DISTDIR does not match. In order to
+  force digests to be updated, run `ebuild --force <ebuild file> manifest`.
+  This is a safety measure which protects valid distfiles digests from being
+  accidentally replaced by invalid digests.
 
 portage-2.1.5
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