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man/ebuild.5 | 23 ++++++++++++++--------- |
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1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 |
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index 3f28fce..5bb1afa 100644 |
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--- a/man/ebuild.5 |
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+++ b/man/ebuild.5 |
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@@ -543,27 +543,32 @@ repo\-level USE settings, since profile and user configuration settings |
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override them. |
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.TP |
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.B DEPEND |
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-This should contain a list of all packages that are required for the |
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-program to compile as described in \fBDependencies\fR. |
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+This should contain a list of all packages that are required for the program |
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+to compile (aka \fIbuildtime\fR dependencies). These are usually libraries and |
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+headers. |
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+ |
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+You may use the syntax described above in the \fBDependencies\fR section. |
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.TP |
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.B RDEPEND |
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This should contain a list of all packages that are required for this |
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-program to run (aka runtime depend). If this is not set in \fBEAPI 3\fR |
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-or earlier, then it defaults to the value of \fBDEPEND\fR. In |
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-\fBEAPI 4\fR or later, \fBRDEPEND\fR will never be implicitly set. |
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+program to run (aka \fIruntime\fR dependencies). These are usually libraries. |
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+ |
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+In \fBEAPI 3\fR or earlier, if this is not set, then it defaults to the value |
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+of \fBDEPEND\fR. In \fBEAPI 4\fR or later, \fBRDEPEND\fR will never be |
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+implicitly set. |
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-You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in \fBDependencies\fR. |
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+You may use the syntax described above in the \fBDependencies\fR section. |
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.TP |
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.B PDEPEND |
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This should contain a list of all packages that should be merged after this |
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-one, but which may be installed by the package manager at any time, if that is |
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-not possible. |
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+one (aka \fIpost\fR merge dependencies), but which may be installed by the |
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+package manager at any time, if that is not possible. |
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.B ***WARNING*** |
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.br |
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Use this only as last resort to break cyclic dependencies! |
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-You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in \fBDependencies\fR. |
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+You may use the syntax described above in the \fBDependencies\fR section. |
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.TP |
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.B REQUIRED_USE |
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Beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR, the \fBREQUIRED_USE\fR variable can be |
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1.7.12 |