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authorBrian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>2017-02-13 21:11:48 -0800
committerBrian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>2017-02-13 21:13:51 -0800
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sys-apps/portage: Update metadat.xml "native-extensions" description
Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.3_p54, Repoman-2.3.1_p47
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-apps')
-rw-r--r--sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml
index 882d3baa0023..62e735578166 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,17 @@
</maintainer>
<use>
<flag name="epydoc">Build html API documentation with epydoc.</flag>
- <flag name="ipc">Use inter-process communication between portage and running ebuilds.</flag>
- <flag name="native-extensions">Build native extensions. Cross-compilation is not supported.</flag>
- <flag name="xattr">Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems.</flag>
+ <flag name="ipc">Use inter-process communication between portage and
+ running ebuilds.
+ </flag>
+ <flag name="native-extensions">
+ Compiles native "C" extensions (speedups, instead of using python
+ backup code). Currently includes xattr and libc-locales.
+ This should only be temporarily disabled for some bootstrapping
+ operations, etc.. Cross-compilation is not supported.
+ </flag>
+ <flag name="xattr">Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata)
+ when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems.
+ </flag>
</use>
</pkgmetadata>