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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2010-08-16 01:59:44 -0700 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2010-08-16 01:59:44 -0700 |
| commit | 6d3e7177bf5766500b7a23d7798fe1c5973deab2 (patch) | |
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Bug #273651 - Document how helpers die automatically in EAPI 4, and
the nonfatal helper.
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diff --git a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook index 6113a641d..c81581d41 100644 --- a/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook +++ b/doc/package/ebuild/eapi/4.docbook @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ The dohard and dosed helpers from previous EAPIs are no longer available. </para> </section> +<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-helpers-die-nonfatal'> +<title>All helpers die on failure</title> +<para> +All helpers now die automatically whenever some sort of error occurs. +Helper calls may be prefixed with the 'nonfatal' helper in order +to prevent errors from being fatal. +</para> +</section> <section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-helpers-dodoc-r'> <title>dodoc -r</title> <para> |