From: Zac Medico Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:37:04 +0000 (-0000) Subject: make PDEPEND wording less restrictive #172511 and clarify install status wrt ||(... X-Git-Tag: v2.1.2.11~45 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c4f34f0893751dc324390c2ec9527a8660605fac;p=portage.git make PDEPEND wording less restrictive #172511 and clarify install status wrt ||() as noted by ferringb (branches/2.1.2 r6904) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2.9/; revision=7472 --- diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index 47cadfb76..006204387 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ appropriate, this syntax can easily be used. .B app\-games/unreal\-tournament\-goty .B ) .fi -Here we see that unreal\-tournament has a normal version and it has a goty version. -Since they provide the same base set of files, another package can use either. -Adding a virtual is inappropriate due to the small scope of it. +Here we see that unreal\-tournament has a normal version and it has a goty +version. Since they provide the same base set of files, another package can +use either. Adding a virtual is inappropriate due to the small scope of it. .br Another good example is when a package can be built with multiple video interfaces, but it can only ever have just one. @@ -295,9 +295,12 @@ interfaces, but it can only ever have just one. .B ) .fi Here only one of the packages will be chosen, and the order of preference is -determined by the order in which they appear. So sdl has the best chance of being -chosen, followed by svga, then opengl, then ggi, with a default of X if the user -does not specify any of the previous choices. +determined by the order in which they appear. So sdl has the best chance of +being chosen, followed by svga, then opengl, then ggi, with a default of X if +the user does not specify any of the previous choices. +.br +Note that if any of the packages listed are already merged, the package manager +will use that to consider the dependency satisfied. .RE .RE @@ -310,8 +313,8 @@ defaults to the value of \fBDEPEND\fR. You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in \fBDEPEND\fR. .TP \fBPDEPEND\fR -This should contain a list of all packages that will have to be installed after -the program has been merged. +This should contain a list of all packages that should be merged after this one, +but may be merged before if need be. .br You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in \fBDEPEND\fR. .TP