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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2010-08-16 00:46:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2010-08-16 00:46:01 -0700 |
| commit | a08b9d1a2388585ca82e7e1ecdc84397c28fa967 (patch) | |
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Bug #273636 - Document that in EAPI 4 doins and newins preserve symlinks.
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diff --git a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook index 86604cf14..bf80f6e2e 100644 --- a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook +++ b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook @@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ The dohard and dosed helpers from previous EAPIs are no longer available. The dodoc helper now has a -r option which enables recursion. </para> </section> +<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-helpers-doins-newins-symlinks'> +<title>doins and newins preserve symlinks</title> +<para> +The doins and newins helpers now preserve symlinks. In earlier EAPIs +symlinks are dereferenced rather than preserved. +</para> +</section> </section> <section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-metadata'> <title>Metadata</title> |