epatch() is provided by epatch.eclass now. Also comment the inherit
line, since not every ebuild will use it.

Empty SLOT doesn't disable slots, but is outright illegal in all EAPIs.
Similar for KEYWORDS="*", which isn't "deprecated" but invalid.
---
 skel.ebuild | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/skel.ebuild b/skel.ebuild
index 7ac9dfb7d6d8..4c19b1de4cb8 100644
--- a/skel.ebuild
+++ b/skel.ebuild
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 # inherit lists eclasses to inherit functions from. For example, an ebuild
-# that needs the epatch function from eutils.eclass won't work without the
+# that needs the epatch function from epatch.eclass won't work without the
 # following line:
-inherit eutils
+#inherit epatch
 #
 # eclasses tend to list descriptions of how to use their functions properly.
 # take a look at /usr/portage/eclass/ for more examples.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ LICENSE=""
 # of each SLOT and remove everything else.
 # Note that normal applications should use SLOT="0" if possible, since
 # there should only be exactly one version installed at a time.
-# DO NOT USE SLOT=""! This tells Portage to disable SLOTs for this package.
+# Do not use SLOT="", because the SLOT variable must not be empty.
 SLOT="0"
 
 # Using KEYWORDS, we can record masking information *inside* an ebuild
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 # For binary packages, use -* and then list the archs the bin package
 # exists for.  If the package was for an x86 binary package, then
 # KEYWORDS would be set like this: KEYWORDS="-* x86"
-# DO NOT USE KEYWORDS="*".  This is deprecated and only for backward
-# compatibility reasons.
+# Do not use KEYWORDS="*".  This is not valid in an ebuild context.
 KEYWORDS="~x86"
 
 # Comprehensive list of any and all USE flags leveraged in the ebuild,
-- 
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