commit: 62ba262306fc4fc2eade40854c629c9b1786c3bb Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Jun 20 18:16:12 2024 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Dec 2 19:05:24 2025 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=62ba2623
EAPI 9 no longer rewrites absolute symlinks Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934514 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> eapi-differences.tex | 4 ++++ merge.tex | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/eapi-differences.tex b/eapi-differences.tex index 99a3526..f07d0b4 100644 --- a/eapi-differences.tex +++ b/eapi-differences.tex @@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ Controllable stripping & \compactfeatureref{dostrip} & \t{edo} & \compactfeatureref{edo} & No & No & No & Yes \\ +Absolute symlink rewriting & \compactfeatureref{symlink-rewrite} & + Yes & Yes & Yes & No \\ + \end{longtable} \chapter{Differences between EAPIs} @@ -388,6 +391,7 @@ EAPI 9 is EAPI 8 with the following changes: \item \t{pipestatus}, \featureref{pipestatus}. \item \t{ver_replacing}, \featureref{ver-replacing}. \item \t{edo}, \featureref{edo}. +\item Absolute symlinks no longer rewritten, \featureref{symlink-rewrite}. \end{compactitem} \ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{9} diff --git a/merge.tex b/merge.tex index 27b0ba8..f588d54 100644 --- a/merge.tex +++ b/merge.tex @@ -138,8 +138,24 @@ 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 target 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. +In all other EAPIs, symlinks must be merged with their targets unmodified. + +\ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{9} +\begin{centertable}{Rewriting of absolute symlinks in EAPIs} + \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}
