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From: "Zac Medico (zmedico)" <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc: faq.xml
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:35:22
Message-Id: 20100426033518.080252C04B@corvid.gentoo.org
1 zmedico 10/04/26 03:35:17
2
3 Modified: faq.xml
4 Log:
5 Bug #317215 - Add an entry about USE=multislot.
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.39 xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml?rev=1.39&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml?rev=1.39&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml?r1=1.38&r2=1.39
13
14 Index: faq.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.38
18 retrieving revision 1.39
19 diff -u -r1.38 -r1.39
20 --- faq.xml 28 Mar 2009 00:29:34 -0000 1.38
21 +++ faq.xml 26 Apr 2010 03:35:17 -0000 1.39
22 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
23 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
24 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
25 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml,v 1.38 2009/03/28 00:29:34 zmedico Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml,v 1.39 2010/04/26 03:35:17 zmedico Exp $ -->
27
28 <guide link="/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml" lang="en">
29 <title>Portage Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</title>
30 @@ -164,5 +164,23 @@
31 </body>
32 </section>
33
34 +<section>
35 + <title>
36 + Why doesn't emerge --pretend output show the correct SLOT for a
37 + package with USE=multislot enabled?
38 + </title>
39 + <body>
40 + <p>
41 + Since ebuilds that support USE=multislot violate established rules
42 + about "constant metadata", cached SLOT value differs from the SLOT
43 + value that you will actually get once the package is installed.
44 + There is nothing portage can do about this except to implement an
45 + extension such as
46 + <uri link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174407">
47 + bug #174407</uri>.
48 + </p>
49 + </body>
50 +</section>
51 +
52 </chapter>
53 </guide>