From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:43:18 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Add a note about preservation of timestamps on merged files. (trunk r6812)
X-Git-Tag: v2.1.3_rc1~14
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c39a80441b3fffefa099286f7710f7ab4e923990;p=portage.git

Add a note about preservation of timestamps on merged files. (trunk r6812)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=6813
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index edb2f339a..fce48f10d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 portage-2.1.3
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+* Add ** as new token for package.keywords to bypass the keyword visibility layer
 * USE_EXPAND variables such as LINGUAS support a * wildcard that will enable
   all of the corresponding flags that are listed in IUSE for a given package.
   USE_EXPAND wildcards such as linguas_* are supported in USE and package.use.
+* The merge process preserves the modification timestamp of files that it
+  installs. The unmerge process will not uninstall files that are claimed by
+  another package in the same slot.
 
 portage-2.1.2
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-* Add ** as new token for package.keywords to bypass the keyword visibility layer
 * Ebuilds support default USE flags via +flag in IUSE.
 * New-style virtuals are now usable for packages that depend on themselves for
   bootstrap.