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commit:     9bff7937738fbd9fa47255a1f429ebb16cf6ab95
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun May 16 18:22:15 2021 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon May 17 21:29:06 2021 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=9bff7937

EAPI 8 has dosym -r

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/708360
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 eapi-differences.tex |  4 ++++
 pkg-mgr-commands.tex | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eapi-differences.tex b/eapi-differences.tex
index 1503053..1cf3ce9 100644
--- a/eapi-differences.tex
+++ b/eapi-differences.tex
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ Output commands use stdout & \compactfeatureref{output-no-stdout} &
 \t{domo} destination path & \compactfeatureref{domo-path} &
     \t{\$\{DESTTREE\}} & \t{\$\{DESTTREE\}} & \t{\$\{DESTTREE\}} & \t{/usr} & \t{/usr} \\
 
+\t{dosym -r} & \compactfeatureref{dosym-relative} &
+    No & No & No & No & Yes \\
+
 \t{new*} support stdin & \compactfeatureref{newfoo-stdin} &
     No & Yes & Yes & Yes & Yes \\
 
@@ -513,6 +516,7 @@ EAPI 8 is EAPI 7 with the following changes:
 \item \t{hasv} and \t{hasq} banned, \featureref{banned-commands}.
 \item \t{econf} adds \t{-{}-datarootdir}, \featureref{econf-options}.
 \item \t{econf} adds \t{-{}-disable-static}, \featureref{econf-options}.
+\item \t{dosym} can create relative paths, \featureref{dosym-relative}.
 \end{compactitem}
 
 \ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{8}

diff --git a/pkg-mgr-commands.tex b/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
index 46507b7..54ea342 100644
--- a/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
+++ b/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
@@ -612,9 +612,27 @@ the current phase function has returned.
 
 \item[dosbin] As \t{dobin}, but installs to \t{DESTTREE/sbin}.
 
-\item[dosym] Creates a symbolic link named as for its second parameter, pointing to the first. If
-    the directory containing the new link does not exist, creates it. Failure behaviour is EAPI
-    dependent as per section~\ref{sec:failure-behaviour}.
+\item[dosym] Creates a symbolic link named as for its second parameter, pointing to the first.
+    If the directory containing the new link does not exist, creates it.
+
+    \featurelabel{dosym-relative} In EAPIs listed in table~\ref{tab:dosym-r} as supporting creation
+    of relative paths, when called with option \t{-r}, expands the first parameter relative to
+    the apparent path of the directory containing the first parameter. The algorithm must return
+    a result identical to the one returned by the function in listing~\ref{lst:dosym-r},
+    with \t{realpath} and \t{dirname} from GNU coreutils version~8.32. Specifying option \t{-r}
+    together with a relative path as first (target) parameter is an error.
+
+    Failure behaviour is EAPI dependent as per section~\ref{sec:failure-behaviour}.
+
+\begin{listing}[h]
+\caption{Create a relative path for \t{dosym -r}} \label{lst:dosym-r}
+\begin{verbatim}
+dosym_relative_path() {
+    local link=$(realpath -m -s "/${2#/}")
+    realpath -m -s --relative-to="$(dirname "${link}")" "$1"
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{listing}
 
 \item[fowners] Acts as for \t{chown}, but takes paths relative to the image directory. Failure
     behaviour is EAPI dependent as per section~\ref{sec:failure-behaviour}.
@@ -742,6 +760,20 @@ the current phase function has returned.
     \end{tabular}
 \end{centertable}
 
+\ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{8}
+\begin{centertable}{EAPIs supporting \t{dosym -r}}
+    \label{tab:dosym-r}
+    \begin{tabular}{ll}
+      \toprule
+      \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{EAPI}} &
+      \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\t{dosym} supports creation of relative paths?}} \\
+      \midrule
+      0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  & No  \\
+      8                       & Yes \\
+      \bottomrule
+    \end{tabular}
+\end{centertable}
+
 \subsection{Commands affecting install destinations}
 The following commands are used to set the various destination trees and options used by the above
 installation commands. They must be shell functions or aliases, due to the need to set variables