From f087385ceab6e40e80b79861b759a91e34a21c68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Dolbec Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:11:48 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] sys-apps/portage: Update metadat.xml "native-extensions" description Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.3_p54, Repoman-2.3.1_p47 --- sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml index 882d3baa0023..62e735578166 100644 --- a/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml +++ b/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml @@ -11,8 +11,17 @@ Build html API documentation with epydoc. - Use inter-process communication between portage and running ebuilds. - Build native extensions. Cross-compilation is not supported. - Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems. + Use inter-process communication between portage and + running ebuilds. + + + Compiles native "C" extensions (speedups, instead of using python + backup code). Currently includes xattr and libc-locales. + This should only be temporarily disabled for some bootstrapping + operations, etc.. Cross-compilation is not supported. + + Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) + when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems. + -- 2.26.2