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diff --git a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/5-hdepend.docbook b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/5-hdepend.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0f568bcdd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/5-hdepend.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-5-hdepend'> +<title>EAPI 5-hdepend</title> +<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-5-hdepend-metadata'> +<title>Metadata</title> +<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-5-hdepend-metadata-dependencies'> +<title>Dependencies</title> +<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-5-hdepend-metadata-dependencies-hdepend'> +<title>HDEPEND</title> +<para> +The HDEPEND variable is used to represent build-time host dependencies. For +build-time target dependencies, use DEPEND (if the host is the target then both +HDEPEND and DEPEND will be installed on it). For EAPIs that support HDEPEND, +the emerge --root-deps option will have no effect, since it is not needed +when build-time dependencies are correctly specified with HDEPEND and DEPEND. +If ebuilds using EAPIs which <emphasis>do not</emphasis> support HDEPEND are +built in the same emerge run as those using EAPIs which <emphasis>do</emphasis> +support HDEPEND, the emerge --root-deps option will only apply to the former. +</para> +</section> +<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-5-hdepend-metadata-dependencies-targetroot'> +<title>Special "targetroot" USE flag</title> +<para> +The special "targetroot" USE flag will be automatically enabled for packages +that are built for installation into a target ROOT, and will otherwise be +automatically disabled. This flag may be used to control conditional +dependencies, and ebuilds that use this flag need to add it to IUSE unless it +happens to be included in the profile's IUSE_IMPLICIT variable. +</para> +</section> +</section> +</section> +</section> |