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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index cdfaaa6ac..7dd3a7ed1 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ source source\-build which is scheduled for merge Contains the path of the build log. If \fBPORT_LOGDIR\fR variable is unset then \fBPORTAGE_LOG_FILE\fR=\fB"${T}/build.log"\fR. .TP +.B REPLACED_BY_VERSION +Beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR, the REPLACED_BY_VERSION variable can be +used in pkg_prerm and pkg_postrm to query the package version that +is replacing the current package. If there is no replacement package, +the variable will be empty, otherwise it will contain a single version +number. +.TP +.B REPLACING_VERSIONS +Beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR, the REPLACING_VERSIONS variable can be +used in pkg_pretend, pkg_setup, pkg_preinst and pkg_postinst to query +the package version(s) that the current package is replacing. If there +are no packages to replace, the variable will be empty, otherwise it +will contain a space\-separated list of version numbers corresponding +to the package version(s) being replaced. Typically, this variable will +not contain more than one version, but according to PMS it can contain +more. +.TP \fBROOT\fR = \fI"/"\fR Contains the path that portage should use as the root of the live filesystem. When packages wish to make changes to the live filesystem, they should do so in |