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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2011-11-17 15:25:03 -0800
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2011-11-17 15:25:03 -0800
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@@ -2017,6 +2017,13 @@ def _merge_unicode_error(errors):
return lines
def _prepare_self_update(settings):
+ """
+ Call this when portage is updating itself, in order to create
+ temporary copies of PORTAGE_BIN_PATH and PORTAGE_PYM_PATH, since
+ the new versions may be incompatible. An atexit hook will
+ automatically clean up the temporary copies.
+ """
+
# Load lazily referenced portage submodules into memory,
# so imports won't fail during portage upgrade/downgrade.
_preload_elog_modules(settings)