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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2013-05-15 14:23:09 -0700
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2013-05-15 14:23:09 -0700
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parentdispatch-conf: fix python2-style print call (diff)
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man/ebuild.5: note that PROVIDE is deprecated
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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 20e7b4b75..b461437b1 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "EBUILD" "5" "Mar 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "EBUILD" "5" "May 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH "NAME"
ebuild \- the internal format, variables, and functions in an ebuild script
@@ -712,6 +712,10 @@ This variable should only be used when a package provides a virtual target.
For example, blackdown\-jdk and sun\-jdk provide \fIvirtual/jdk\fR. This
allows for packages to depend on \fIvirtual/jdk\fR rather than on blackdown
or sun specifically.
+
+The \fBPROVIDE\fR variable has been deprecated. See
+\fIhttp://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0037.html\fR for details.
+
.TP
.B DOCS
Beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR, an array or space\-delimited list of documentation