* [gentoo-pms] [PATCH 2/2] dependencies.tex: Clarify wording for = slot operator.
@ 2018-03-29 17:36 Ulrich Müller
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From: Ulrich Müller @ 2018-03-29 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw
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This change was a hunk of the binding-any-of dep groups (||=) commit
for EAPI 7. As it clarifies the wording of the = slot operator, it is
a separate change and should be applied to master. (Especially since
binding-any-of groups will likely be dropped from EAPI 7.)
dependencies.tex | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/dependencies.tex b/dependencies.tex
index f019348..381dc04 100644
--- a/dependencies.tex
+++ b/dependencies.tex
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ indicates that the package will not break if the matched package is uninstalled
a different matching package in a different slot.
\item[=] Indicates that any slot value is acceptable. In addition, for runtime dependencies,
indicates that the package will break unless a matching package with slot and sub-slot equal to the
-slot and sub-slot of the best installed version at the time the package was built is available.
+slot and sub-slot of the best version installed as a build-time (\t{DEPEND}) dependency is
+available.
\item[slot=] Indicates that only a specific slot value is acceptable, and otherwise behaves
identically to the plain equals slot operator.
\end{description}
--
2.16.3
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