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| author |   Julian Ospald <hasufell@gentoo.org> | 2013-09-28 12:41:13 +0200 |
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| committer |   Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> | 2013-09-28 13:17:37 +0100 |
| commit | 4eb1dc77d0de1e3902ff5887fddc93129bc4d3e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e63a55714d9b1fe7862f7cc302b9e57ff1cdd30 /ebuild-writing | |
| parent | ChangeLog: Add note about missing ChangeLog files (diff) | |
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common-mistakes: add 'Masking unsupported/broken useflags' section
Bug #483388
Diffstat (limited to 'ebuild-writing')
| -rw-r--r-- | ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml index 549cb00..3663eea 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml @@ -416,6 +416,19 @@ the purpose of this interface, because it is not reliable anymore. </body> </subsection> +<subsection> +<title>Masking unsupported/broken USE flags</title> +<body> +<p> +Exceptionally, a package may have an unsupported/broken USE flag +(this can happen with <e>vanilla</e> or <e>custom-cflags</e>). +Then the USE flag must be masked for that ebuild +(usually in <e>profiles/base/package.use.mask</e>), +at least when the ebuild hits the stable branch. +</p> +</body> +</subsection> + </body> </section> |