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| -rw-r--r-- | sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml index 882d3baa0023..62e735578166 100644 --- a/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml +++ b/sys-apps/portage/metadata.xml @@ -11,8 +11,17 @@ </maintainer> <use> <flag name="epydoc">Build html API documentation with epydoc.</flag> - <flag name="ipc">Use inter-process communication between portage and running ebuilds.</flag> - <flag name="native-extensions">Build native extensions. Cross-compilation is not supported.</flag> - <flag name="xattr">Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems.</flag> + <flag name="ipc">Use inter-process communication between portage and + running ebuilds. + </flag> + <flag name="native-extensions"> + Compiles native "C" extensions (speedups, instead of using python + backup code). Currently includes xattr and libc-locales. + This should only be temporarily disabled for some bootstrapping + operations, etc.. Cross-compilation is not supported. + </flag> + <flag name="xattr">Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) + when installing files. Usually only required for hardened systems. + </flag> </use> </pkgmetadata> |