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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index 9ceee590d..691adc055 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -596,6 +596,15 @@ before other variable declarations unless these variables are used in global scope of eclasses. .SH "PHASE FUNCTIONS" .TP +.B pkg_pretend +Beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR, this function can be defined in order to +check that miscellaneous requirements are met. It is called as early +as possible, before any attempt is made to satisfy dependencies. If the +function detects a problem then it should call eerror and die. The +environment (variables, functions, temporary directories, etc..) that +is used to execute pkg_pretend is not saved and therefore is not +available in phases that execute afterwards. +.TP .B pkg_nofetch If you turn on \fIfetch\fR in \fBRESTRICT\fR, then this function will be run when the files in \fBSRC_URI\fR cannot be found. Useful for |