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| author |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2015-05-21 18:37:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2015-06-01 20:55:39 +0200 |
| commit | 1362d6608c323241ad1a4d0313046e99407ef352 (patch) | |
| tree | 6de4026a314ea0e1b2c0e73b97e878fb775044b9 /keywording | |
| parent | Fix issue with HTML validation. (diff) | |
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Live ebuilds need not specify KEYWORDS.
Bug 545488.
Diffstat (limited to 'keywording')
| -rw-r--r-- | keywording/text.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/keywording/text.xml b/keywording/text.xml index c386427..e31e0a3 100644 --- a/keywording/text.xml +++ b/keywording/text.xml @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ distinction is important. </note> <p> -Every ebuild must specify a <c>KEYWORDS</c> variable. This variable is used to +Most ebuilds specify a <c>KEYWORDS</c> variable. This variable is used to indicate the suitability and stability of both the package and the ebuild on each given arch (<c>sparc</c>, <c>ppc</c>, <c>x86-obsd</c>, ...). </p> @@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ tested. Do <b>not</b> use the <c>*</c> or <c>~*</c> special keywords in ebuilds. </p> +<note> +Usually, "live" ebuilds +(see <uri link="::ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/cvs-sources"/>) +do not specify a <c>KEYWORDS</c> variable, or assign the empty string to it. +</note> + <section> <title>Equal Visibility Requirement</title> <body> |