[gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: sys-apps/portage/

[Brian Dolbec]

commit:     f087385ceab6e40e80b79861b759a91e34a21c68
Author:     Brian Dolbec <dolsen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 14 05:11:48 2017 +0000
Commit:     Brian Dolbec <dolsen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Feb 14 05:13:51 2017 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f087385c

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 882d3baa00..62e7355781 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,17 @@
   </maintainer>
   <use>
     <flag name="epydoc">Build html API documentation with epydoc.</flag>
-    <flag name="ipc">Use inter-process communication between portage and running ebuilds.</flag>
-    <flag name="native-extensions">Build native extensions. Cross-compilation is not supported.</flag>
-    <flag name="xattr">Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems.</flag>
+    <flag name="ipc">Use inter-process communication between portage and
+        running ebuilds.
+    </flag>
+    <flag name="native-extensions">
+        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.
+    </flag>
+    <flag name="xattr">Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata)
+        when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems.
+    </flag>
   </use>
 </pkgmetadata>