From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:57:52 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: LinkageMapELF.getOwners(): add note about plibs
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.0_alpha47~1
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2fb34f15fa81696b8b31c341e7db506f5da6ee67;p=portage.git

LinkageMapELF.getOwners(): add note about plibs

For preserved libraries, the owner(s) may have been been previously
uninstalled, but these uninstalled owners can be returned by this
method since they are registered in the PreservedLibsRegistry.
---

diff --git a/pym/portage/util/_dyn_libs/LinkageMapELF.py b/pym/portage/util/_dyn_libs/LinkageMapELF.py
index 2ad97bbc7..cf8def34b 100644
--- a/pym/portage/util/_dyn_libs/LinkageMapELF.py
+++ b/pym/portage/util/_dyn_libs/LinkageMapELF.py
@@ -568,6 +568,11 @@ class LinkageMapELF(object):
 		if the object is unknown. Returns an empty tuple if the owner(s)
 		are unknown.
 
+		NOTE: For preserved libraries, the owner(s) may have been been
+		previously uninstalled, but these uninstalled owners can be
+		returned by this method since they are registered in the
+		PreservedLibsRegistry.
+
 		@param obj: absolute path to an object
 		@type obj: string (example: '/usr/bin/bar')
 		@rtype: tuple