From: "Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-pms@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] dependencies.tex: Don't mention blocks on provided virtuals.
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 14:24:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w6gzhf2f34a.fsf@kph.uni-mainz.de> (raw)
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This is a remnant of old-style virtuals and should have been removed
long ago.
Fixes: c8ab6b99bffa85bcd686284ba60a30f53c31c8b0
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
---
dependencies.tex | 9 ++-------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dependencies.tex b/dependencies.tex
index 44382d1..3305b86 100644
--- a/dependencies.tex
+++ b/dependencies.tex
@@ -279,13 +279,8 @@ The following operators are available:
\subsection{Block operator}
If the specification is prefixed with one or two exclamation marks, the named dependency is a block
-rather than a requirement---that is to say, the specified package must not be installed, with the
-following exceptions:
-
-\begin{compactitem}
-\item Blocks on a package provided exclusively by the ebuild do not count.
-\item Weak blocks on the package version of the ebuild itself do not count.
-\end{compactitem}
+rather than a requirement---that is to say, the specified package must not be installed. As an
+exception, weak blocks on the package version of the ebuild itself do not count.
\featurelabel{bang-strength} There are two strengths of block: weak and strong. A weak block may be
ignored by the package manager, so long as any blocked package will be uninstalled later on. A
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