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

manifest` to update distfiles digests. (trunk r12500)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=12510

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 0ebeb7e0397f1329b189e3a9424b88c750197f15..d8dd1de3596095fa9956d48fa20f03c6ae4863cf 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ 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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