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commit: 6ea40822c59d94513f80f8a6d14c125c8e9aec0c |
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Author: Florian Schmaus <flow <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Thu Dec 23 19:19:10 2021 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Fri Jun 24 09:12:27 2022 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=6ea40822 |
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general-concepts/dependencies: add paragraph explaining example |
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Add a small paragraph explaining the existing slot-operator example. |
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This is scavenged from my proposed change for bug #739858. |
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Signed-off-by: Florian Schmaus <flow <AT> gentoo.org> |
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Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/739858 |
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[Commits squashed; small fixes according to style guide.] |
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Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> |
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general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) |
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diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml |
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index 0ff903d..689fad0 100644 |
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--- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml |
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+++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml |
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@@ -421,6 +421,38 @@ RDEPEND="media-libs/cogl:1.0= |
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gnutls? ( >=net-libs/gnutls-2.8:= )" |
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</codesample> |
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+<p> |
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+means that only the '1.0' slot is acceptable for <c>media-libs/cogl</c> and |
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+that sub-slot changes of <c>media-libs/cogl</c> will cause a rebuild of the |
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+dependent package. It furthermore means that every slot of |
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+<c>net-libs/gnutls</c> is acceptable but any slot change is causing a rebuild. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+The <c>:slot</c> dependency syntax continues to behave like in <c>EAPI=4</c> or |
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+earlier, i.e. it indicates that only the specific slot value is acceptable and |
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+that the package will not break when the currently installed version of the |
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+dependency is replaced by a version with a different sub-slot. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+For example: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<codesample lang="ebuild"> |
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+RDEPEND="dev-libs/foo:2= |
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+ >=dev-libs/bar-0.9:= |
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+ media-gfx/baz:* |
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+ x11-misc/wombat:0" |
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+</codesample> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+means that the package should be rebuilt when <c>foo:2</c> or |
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+<c>>=bar-0.9</c> are upgraded to versions with different subslots. On the |
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+other hand, changes in slot or sub-slots of <c>baz</c> should be ignored, and |
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+sub-slot changes of <c>wombat:0</c> should be ignored. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</subsubsection> |
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</subsection> |
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