Add news about major bug fixes in 2.1.2.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=4609

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e33cc3d54b8d37c85c998feac494f7885253ec20..249fd714b66d9ee25f275d53ce5b2915f01548f1 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 portage-2.1.2
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+* CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK both support files (not just
+  directories).
+* Collision protection handles symlinks properly.
+* Dependencies can be satisfied by installed packages that do not have matching
+  ebuilds in the portage tree or overlay.
+* Emerge automatically ignores blockers that are made irrelevant by an upgrade.
+* Emerge builds a complete dependency graph in order to ensure correct merge
+  order and detection of circular dependencies.
+* The world and system sets allow automatic update of all installed slots.
 * DEPEND atoms support SLOT dependencies of the form ${CATEGORY}/${PN}:${SLOT}.
 
 portage-2.1.1