From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2EFE138350 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:08:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7ABFE09C1; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:08:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C4B4E09C1 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:08:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (unknown [IPv6:2a01:4f8:202:4333:225:90ff:fed9:fc84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7513C34F12A for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:08:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC16114C for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:08:45 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1586607202.58d5831ef7cc673858ea85d54ff0693f6a2f9914.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/pms:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: proj/pms X-VCS-Files: appendices.tex glossary.tex X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: 58d5831ef7cc673858ea85d54ff0693f6a2f9914 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:08:45 +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-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: b816417d-8a8e-4d83-95a9-3357bc614448 X-Archives-Hash: c1dd563867e7c5bb02ad1e6fe3440652 commit: 58d5831ef7cc673858ea85d54ff0693f6a2f9914 Author: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> AuthorDate: Sat Apr 11 09:56:39 2020 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Sat Apr 11 12:13:22 2020 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=58d5831e glossary.tex: Move explanation of new-style virtuals to the appendix. The term "new-style virtual" is not used in the spec, so we need not explain it in the glossary. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org> appendices.tex | 4 ++++ glossary.tex | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/appendices.tex b/appendices.tex index ee537f7..21716d6 100644 --- a/appendices.tex +++ b/appendices.tex @@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ in mind when handling dependencies. Old-style virtuals were supported by EAPIs \t{0}, \t{1}, \t{2}, \t{3} and \t{4}. They were phased out via GLEP 37~\cite{Glep37} and finally removed in 2011. +\note{A `new-style virtual' is a normal package that installs no files and uses its dependency +requirements to pull in a `provider'. This does not require any special handling from the package +manager.} + \subsection{EAPI parsing} The method to specify the EAPI of an ebuild used to be a shell variable assignment, and the package manager had to source the ebuild in order to determine the EAPI\@. Therefore any ebuild using diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex index 5666aa2..f8cd376 100644 --- a/glossary.tex +++ b/glossary.tex @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ be immediately obvious. \begin{description} \item[qualified package name] A package name along with its associated category. For example, \t{app-editors/vim} is a qualified package name. -\item[new-style virtual] A new-style virtual is a normal package in the \t{virtual} category which - installs no files and uses its dependency requirements to pull in a `provider'. Historically, - old-style virtuals required special handling from the package manager; new-style virtuals do - not. \item[stand-alone repository] An (ebuild) repository which is intended to function on its own as the only, or primary, repository on a system. Contrast with \i{slave repository} below. \item[slave repository, non-stand-alone repository] An (ebuild) repository which is not complete