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| -rw-r--r-- | man/ebuild.5 | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index fd5d2e850..dd4e921cf 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Here's a simple example ebuild: # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 # $Header: $ -EAPI="3" +EAPI="4" inherit some_eclass another_eclass @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ src_configure() { } src_install() { - emake install DESTDIR="${D}" || die "Install failed" - dodoc NEWS README* THANKS AUTHORS BUGS ChangeLog || die "dodoc failed" + emake DESTDIR="${D}" install + dodoc NEWS README* THANKS AUTHORS BUGS ChangeLog } .fi .SH "VARIABLES" @@ -663,6 +663,14 @@ default_src_test \fBdie\fR \fI[reason]\fR Causes the current emerge process to be aborted. The final display will include \fIreason\fR. + +Beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR, all helpers automatically call \fBdie\fR +whenever some sort of error occurs. Helper calls may be prefixed with +the \fBnonfatal\fR helper in order to prevent errors from being fatal. +.TP +\fBnonfatal\fR \fI<helper>\fR +Execute \fIhelper\fR and \fIdo not\fR call die if it fails. +The \fBnonfatal\fR helper is available beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR. .TP \fBuse\fR \fI<USE item>\fR If \fIUSE item\fR is in the \fBUSE\fR variable, the function will silently |