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@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ The dohard and dosed helpers from previous EAPIs are no longer available.
The dodoc helper now has a -r option which enables recursion.
</para>
</section>
+<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-helpers-doins-newins-symlinks'>
+<title>doins and newins preserve symlinks</title>
+<para>
+The doins and newins helpers now preserve symlinks. In earlier EAPIs
+symlinks are dereferenced rather than preserved.
+</para>
+</section>
</section>
<section id='package-ebuild-eapi-4_pre1-metadata'>
<title>Metadata</title>