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| author |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2020-04-10 14:54:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2021-01-26 19:46:27 +0100 |
| commit | cb43291806dac6f2a8d26f2ef4a794b42e8c52a5 (patch) | |
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| parent | dependencies: update eutils.eclass into optfeature.eclass (diff) | |
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installed-files: Virtuals must not install any files.
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/716970
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/installed-files.rst b/installed-files.rst index db949b0..da6263e 100644 --- a/installed-files.rst +++ b/installed-files.rst @@ -88,3 +88,21 @@ and caused many issues, in particular due to hardcoding full paths. Today they are practically replaced by more portable pkg-config files, and while libtool keeps generating them, they are considered unnecessary and potentially harmful. + + +.. index:: + pair: installed files; virtuals + +Virtuals +-------- +:PG: 0304 +:Source: QA +:Reported: no + +Packages in the ``virtual`` category must not install any files. + +*Rationale*: The ``virtual`` category is reserved for packages with +an empty installation image. Package managers rely on this for some +optimizations. Also QA tools make certain assumptions about virtuals, +e.g., that they must not assign the ``LICENSE`` variable (which would +be impossible if they installed any files). |