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Diffstat (limited to 'pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py b/pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py index 49d3e899e..9e71cfc68 100644 --- a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py +++ b/pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py @@ -2017,6 +2017,13 @@ def _merge_unicode_error(errors): return lines def _prepare_self_update(settings): + """ + Call this when portage is updating itself, in order to create + temporary copies of PORTAGE_BIN_PATH and PORTAGE_PYM_PATH, since + the new versions may be incompatible. An atexit hook will + automatically clean up the temporary copies. + """ + # Load lazily referenced portage submodules into memory, # so imports won't fail during portage upgrade/downgrade. _preload_elog_modules(settings) |