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From: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Cc: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] Clarify that updates files are processed in no particular order
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 22:52:59
Message-Id: 20210518225109.2984-1-ulm@gentoo.org
1 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/296713#c14
2 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@g.o>
3 ---
4 (To be applied retroactively, because it is merely a clarification.)
5
6 tree-layout.tex | 3 +++
7 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
8
9 diff --git a/tree-layout.tex b/tree-layout.tex
10 index 138e533..5f6934b 100644
11 --- a/tree-layout.tex
12 +++ b/tree-layout.tex
13 @@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ The second form instructs the package manager that any currently installed packa
14 package dependency specification \t{spec} whose \t{SLOT} is set to \t{slot1} should have it updated
15 to \t{slot2}.
16
17 +It is unspecified in what order the files in the \t{updates} directory are processed. Lines within
18 +each file are processed in ascending order.
19 +
20 Any name that has appeared as the origin of a move must not be reused in the future. Any slot
21 that has appeared as the origin of a slot move may not be used by packages matching the spec of
22 that slot move in the future.
23 --
24 2.31.1

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