From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D148F138010 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:51:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70DF721C1B3; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:50:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4511421C1B3 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:50:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hornbill.gentoo.org (hornbill.gentoo.org [94.100.119.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE02B33D72F for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:50:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hornbill.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE92E544B for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:50:25 +0000 (UTC) From: "Zac Medico" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Zac Medico" Message-ID: <1348591750.25b0c4545c9a3e8b80347bd458d80b4add330ef6.zmedico@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/portage:master commit in: man/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/portage X-VCS-Files: man/ebuild.5 X-VCS-Directories: man/ X-VCS-Committer: zmedico X-VCS-Committer-Name: Zac Medico X-VCS-Revision: 25b0c4545c9a3e8b80347bd458d80b4add330ef6 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:50:25 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 3a8e6891-c232-4d61-b796-5da12254f644 X-Archives-Hash: 71f5511ef36242c1cee802aa6c973a96 commit: 25b0c4545c9a3e8b80347bd458d80b4add330ef6 Author: Dennis Schridde gmx net> AuthorDate: Tue Sep 25 13:58:24 2012 +0000 Commit: Zac Medico gentoo org> CommitDate: Tue Sep 25 16:49:10 2012 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=25b0c454 Document targetroot useflag in ebuild(5) --- man/ebuild.5 | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index 2652f89..0d5e448 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -349,6 +349,15 @@ Without it, \fBemerge\fR defaults to install only runtime dependencies (i.e. .PP See section \fBVARIABLES\fR for more information about the \fBDEPEND\fR, \fBRDEPEND\fR and \fBHDEPEND\fR variables. +.TP +.B The targetroot USE flag +For EAPIs that support the "\fItargetroot\fR" USE flag, that flag is +automatically enabled by the package manager if \fIhost\fR and \fItarget\fR +system are not the same, i.e. if the \fBROOT\fR is not "\fI/\fR". +This is necessary where the package to be built needs an executable copy of +itself during the build process. +A known example is dev-lang/python, which needs to run a Python interpreter +during compilation. .SH "VARIABLES" .TP