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-rw-r--r-- | pym/portage.py | 7 |
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diff --git a/pym/portage.py b/pym/portage.py index 66edec936..3c8dc25b1 100644 --- a/pym/portage.py +++ b/pym/portage.py @@ -1848,6 +1848,13 @@ class config: self.reset(keeping_pkg=1,use_cache=use_cache) def setinst(self,mycpv,mydbapi): + """This updates the preferences for old-style virtuals, + affecting the behavior of dep_expand() and dep_check() + calls. It can change dbapi.match() behavior since that + calls dep_expand(). However, dbapi instances have + internal match caches that are not invalidated when + preferences are updated here. This can potentially + lead to some inconsistency (relevant to bug #1343).""" self.modifying() if len(self.virtuals) == 0: self.getvirtuals() |