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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-06-20 03:46:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-06-20 03:46:40 +0000 |
| commit | 60671162fcf663b1d5718cbd628034bbf6957b83 (patch) | |
| tree | 327fa2e64a2155de4c71f76c478b7c9e9d2b9793 /RELEASE-NOTES | |
| parent | 79ba5584ff9c948480af6ac6e30823a5592c32e6 (diff) | |
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Document the new emerge <file> feature.
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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 6b15a2f72..ba4bf9409 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ portage-2.2 portage-2.1.5 ================================== +* It is now possible to use `emerge <file>` to reinstall the package that + installed a particular file. Package contents entries are indexed to + improve performance. A command such as `emerge /lib/modules` can serve + as a decent substitute for module-rebuild. + * The pkg_postinst phase is now called after the previous version of a package has been removed. As a consequence, it is no longer possible to call has_version in pkg_postinst to detect whether the current |