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authorUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2024-06-20 20:16:12 +0200
committerUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2025-01-17 19:40:42 +0100
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parentEAPI 9 has pipestatus (diff)
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EAPI 9 no longer rewrites absolute symlinkseapi-9
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934514 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
-rw-r--r--eapi-differences.tex4
-rw-r--r--merge.tex19
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/eapi-differences.tex b/eapi-differences.tex
index 7b978ea..96ca568 100644
--- a/eapi-differences.tex
+++ b/eapi-differences.tex
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ Controllable stripping & \compactfeatureref{dostrip} &
\t{unpack} support for \t{rar} & \compactfeatureref{unpack-extensions} &
Yes & Yes & No & No \\
+Absolute symlink rewriting & \compactfeatureref{symlink-rewrite} &
+ Yes & Yes & Yes & No \\
+
\end{longtable}
\chapter{Differences between EAPIs}
@@ -369,6 +372,7 @@ EAPI 9 is EAPI 8 with the following changes:
\item Variables no longer exported, \featureref{export-vars}.
\item \t{assert} banned, \featureref{banned-commands}.
\item \t{pipestatus}, \featureref{pipestatus}.
+\item Absolute symlinks no longer rewritten, \featureref{symlink-rewrite}.
\end{compactitem}
\ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{9}
diff --git a/merge.tex b/merge.tex
index 27b0ba8..e51c1b8 100644
--- a/merge.tex
+++ b/merge.tex
@@ -138,8 +138,23 @@ Ebuilds must not attempt to merge a symlink on top of a directory.
\subsection{Rewriting}
-Any absolute symlink whose link starts with \t{D} must be rewritten with the leading \t{D} removed.
-The package manager should issue a notice when doing this.
+\featurelabel{symlink-rewrite} In EAPIs listed in table~\ref{tab:symlink-rewrite} as rewriting
+symlinks, any absolute symlink whose link starts with \t{D} must be rewritten with the leading
+\t{D} removed. The package manager should issue a notice when encountering such a symlink.
+
+\ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{9}
+\begin{centertable}{Rewriting of absolute symlinks}
+ \label{tab:symlink-rewrite}
+ \begin{tabular}{ll}
+ \toprule
+ \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{EAPI}} &
+ \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Rewrite symlinks?}} \\
+ \midrule
+ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & Yes \\
+ 9 & No \\
+ \bottomrule
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{centertable}
\section{Hard links}