From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RJBWL-0008Qv-2R for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:00:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB1DE21C03F; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:00:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C02821C03F for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:00:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pelican.gentoo.org (unknown [66.219.59.40]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C91B1B4018 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:00:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pelican.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC4C80042 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:00:15 +0000 (UTC) From: "Zac Medico" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Zac Medico" Message-ID: <7dd07ac115fd787d34b79d626644c1feb3291e4b.zmedico@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/portage:master commit in: man/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/portage X-VCS-Files: man/make.conf.5 X-VCS-Directories: man/ X-VCS-Committer: zmedico X-VCS-Committer-Name: Zac Medico X-VCS-Revision: 7dd07ac115fd787d34b79d626644c1feb3291e4b Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 443228d746ae179f828000ea193a7eda commit: 7dd07ac115fd787d34b79d626644c1feb3291e4b Author: Martin von Gagern gmx net> AuthorDate: Wed Oct 26 21:59:14 2011 +0000 Commit: Zac Medico gentoo org> CommitDate: Wed Oct 26 21:59:14 2011 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=3Dproj/portage.git;a= =3Dcommit;h=3D7dd07ac1 man/make.conf.5: elaborate on prelink-checksums --- man/make.conf.5 | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index a2221cf..23d5e2b 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ before computing checksums for merge and unmerge. Th= is feature is useful only if \fBprelink\fR(8) is installed and accurate checksums (des= pite prelinking) are needed for some reason such as for checking the integrit= y of installed files or because the \fIunmerge\-orphans\fR feature is disable= d. + +Note that normal emerging of packages from source computes the +checksums before things will be prelinked, so in such cases, this +feature isn't required either. Undoing prelinking while merging is +only required when using tools like \fBquickpkg\fR(1) which can cause +already prelinked files to be merged. .TP .B preserve\-libs Preserve libraries when the sonames change during upgrade or downgrade.