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| author |   Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> | 2012-10-28 10:02:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> | 2012-10-28 10:02:36 +0000 |
| commit | c7abba4dda6b450a2235d6b34cf5c3b36c359279 (patch) | |
| tree | 853801fa6d09d3f4522ed19aea1576bca23e2012 /profiles/use.desc | |
| parent | src_install: Fix default function for EAPI4. Bug #405465 (diff) | |
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use.desc: Replace use.local.desc with metadata.xml. Bug #390687
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| -rw-r--r-- | profiles/use.desc/text.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/profiles/use.desc/text.xml b/profiles/use.desc/text.xml index e211e8f..30c3a41 100644 --- a/profiles/use.desc/text.xml +++ b/profiles/use.desc/text.xml @@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ discussion on the <c>gentoo-dev</c> list. </p> <p> -The <c>use.local.desc</c> file contains a list of all local <c>USE</c> flags, together -with the relevant packages, and a short description. This file can be added to -without general discussion. +The <c>metadata.xml</c> file on each ebuild category contains a list of the local +<c>USE</c> flags, together with short description for the package in the said category. +More information about the <c>metadata.xml</c> file can be found +<uri link="ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/index.html">here.</uri> </p> +<note> +<c>use.local.desc</c> used to be the default location for all the local useflags. +However, this file is now an autogenerated aggregation of all the <c>metadata.xml</c> files +so you must never edit it directly. +</note> <p> Having a small number of packages using identically named local <c>USE</c> flags is allowed. If the number starts to grow substantially, it may be worth proposing |