From a08b9d1a2388585ca82e7e1ecdc84397c28fa967 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:46:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Bug #273636 - Document that in EAPI 4 doins and newins
 preserve symlinks.

---
 doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook
index 86604cf14..bf80f6e2e 100644
--- a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook
+++ b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ The dohard and dosed helpers from previous EAPIs are no longer available.
 The dodoc helper now has a -r option which enables recursion.
 </para>
 </section>
+<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-helpers-doins-newins-symlinks'>
+<title>doins and newins preserve symlinks</title>
+<para>
+The doins and newins helpers now preserve symlinks. In earlier EAPIs
+symlinks are dereferenced rather than preserved.
+</para>
+</section>
 </section>
 <section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-metadata'>
 <title>Metadata</title>
-- 
2.26.2