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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2010-08-16 01:15:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2010-08-16 01:15:34 -0700 |
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Bug #273646 - Copy PMS section 12.1.2 EAPI 4 docs for REPLACING_VERSIONS
and REPLACED_BY_VERSION variables.
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diff --git a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook index eda4dc37d..44e005f45 100644 --- a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook +++ b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook @@ -202,5 +202,23 @@ src_install() { The AA and KV variables are no longer exported to the ebuild environment. </para> </section> + <section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-variables-replaced-versions'> + <title>REPLACING_VERSIONS and REPLACED_BY_VERSION</title> + <para> + The REPLACING_VERSIONS variable + shall be defined in pkg_preinst and pkg_postinst. In addition, it may be + defined in pkg_pretend and pkg_setup, although ebuild authors should take care + to handle binary package creation and installation correctly when using it in + these phases. + </para> + <para> + REPLACING_VERSIONS is a list, not a single optional value, to handle + pathological cases such as installing foo-2:2 to replace foo-2:1 and foo-3:2. + </para> + <para> + The REPLACED_BY variable shall + be defined in pkg_prerm and pkg_postrm. It shall contain at most one value. + </para> + </section> </section> </section> |