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The term "new-style virtual" is not used in the spec, so we need not |
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explain it in the glossary. |
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Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@g.o> |
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appendices.tex | 4 ++++ |
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glossary.tex | 4 ---- |
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diff --git a/appendices.tex b/appendices.tex |
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Old-style virtuals were supported by EAPIs \t{0}, \t{1}, \t{2}, \t{3} and \t{4}. They were phased |
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out via GLEP 37~\cite{Glep37} and finally removed in 2011. |
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+\note{A `new-style virtual' is a normal package in the \t{virtual} category which installs no files |
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+and uses its dependency requirements to pull in a `provider'. This does not require any special |
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+handling from the package manager.} |
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+ |
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\subsection{EAPI parsing} |
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The method to specify the EAPI of an ebuild used to be a shell variable assignment, and the package |
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manager had to source the ebuild in order to determine the EAPI\@. Therefore any ebuild using |
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diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex |
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\begin{description} |
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\item[qualified package name] A package name along with its associated category. For example, |
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\t{app-editors/vim} is a qualified package name. |
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-\item[new-style virtual] A new-style virtual is a normal package in the \t{virtual} category which |
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- installs no files and uses its dependency requirements to pull in a `provider'. Historically, |
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- old-style virtuals required special handling from the package manager; new-style virtuals do |
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- not. |
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\item[stand-alone repository] An (ebuild) repository which is intended to function on its own as the |
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only, or primary, repository on a system. Contrast with \i{slave repository} below. |
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\item[slave repository, non-stand-alone repository] An (ebuild) repository which is not complete |
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