From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D586138252 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 01:43:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EE3BA224057; Wed, 11 May 2016 01:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B6BB224057 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 01:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF127340754 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 01:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547A8336 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 01:43:14 +0000 (UTC) From: "Mike Gilbert" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Mike Gilbert" Message-ID: <1462735920.3a3520925c5ce02f430138e1e21a13225299076a.floppym@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/variables/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: ebuild-writing/variables/ X-VCS-Committer: floppym X-VCS-Committer-Name: Mike Gilbert X-VCS-Revision: 3a3520925c5ce02f430138e1e21a13225299076a X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 01:43:14 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: dce52611-f2c4-4544-9540-0ad27c906010 X-Archives-Hash: 258719bb69524e9ebf751446e640f787 commit: 3a3520925c5ce02f430138e1e21a13225299076a Author: Mike Gilbert gentoo org> AuthorDate: Sun May 8 17:40:25 2016 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert gentoo org> CommitDate: Sun May 8 19:32:00 2016 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=3a352092 ebuild-writing/variables: better describe ROOT The current description of ROOT makes no sense and just confuses people. The new description is paraphrased from PMS. ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml index ef15347..9027cad 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/variables/text.xml @@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ them. ROOT - Path to the root directory. When not using ${D}, - always prepend ${ROOT} to the path. + The absolute path to the root directory into which the package is to be + merged. Use this when referring to installed files in pkg_* + functions. Never use this in src_* functions.