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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2021-03-20 15:00:27 +0000 |
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| committer |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2021-03-29 22:41:38 +0200 |
| commit | 54ee612ef406435d1f403d8f76ed422921ffb707 (patch) | |
| tree | 83915b8cf47ca5ac4f0033b9ac0b3f66d6159550 /general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | |
| parent | general-concepts/dependencies: emphasise BDEPEND for build-system dependencies (diff) | |
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general-concepts/dependencies: list any-of dependencies in preferred order
This eases Portage dependency resolution.
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml index f49e319..c175cfa 100644 --- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml @@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ DEPEND="!build? ( <title>Any of Many Dependencies</title> <body> +<note> +To ease dependency resolution for Portage, it is recommended that you sort +the elements in <e>preferred</e> order first. See +<uri link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/489458">this bug</uri> for more context. +</note> + <p> To depend on either <c>foo</c> or <c>bar</c>: </p> |