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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2013-07-06 12:23:45 -0700 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2013-07-06 12:23:45 -0700 |
| commit | ab6a0321659fa448a541398c1a6083c7f856e87f (patch) | |
| tree | 189714202f5e3e602fd24f55e331a17d25fc458a /man/portage.5 | |
| parent | doebuild: cleanup returnpid support, bug #475812 (diff) | |
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man/portage.5: clarify package.provided virtuals
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 31c6c88b2..ca468b843 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Jun 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage" +.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Jul 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage" .SH NAME portage \- the heart of Gentoo .SH "DESCRIPTION" @@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ entries may cause installed packages satisfying equivalent dependencies to be removed by \fBemerge\fR(1) \fB\-\-depclean\fR actions (see the \fBACTIONS\fR section of the \fBemerge\fR(1) man page for more information). -Virtual packages (virtual/*) should not be specified in package.provided. +Virtual packages (virtual/*) should not be specified in package.provided, +since virtual packages themselves do not provide any files, and +package.provided is intended to represent packages that do provide files. Depending on the type of virtual, it may be necessary to add an entry to the virtuals file and/or add a package that satisfies a virtual to package.provided. |