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From: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/dependencies/
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:44:10
Message-Id: 1617050498.54ee612ef406435d1f403d8f76ed422921ffb707.ulm@gentoo
1 commit: 54ee612ef406435d1f403d8f76ed422921ffb707
2 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
3 AuthorDate: Sat Mar 20 15:00:27 2021 +0000
4 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
5 CommitDate: Mon Mar 29 20:41:38 2021 +0000
6 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=54ee612e
7
8 general-concepts/dependencies: list any-of dependencies in preferred order
9
10 This eases Portage dependency resolution.
11
12 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
13 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>
14
15 general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 6 ++++++
16 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
17
18 diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml
19 index f49e319..c175cfa 100644
20 --- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml
21 +++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml
22 @@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ DEPEND="!build? (
23 <title>Any of Many Dependencies</title>
24 <body>
25
26 +<note>
27 +To ease dependency resolution for Portage, it is recommended that you sort
28 +the elements in <e>preferred</e> order first. See
29 +<uri link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/489458">this bug</uri> for more context.
30 +</note>
31 +
32 <p>
33 To depend on either <c>foo</c> or <c>bar</c>:
34 </p>