commit: 2821d4b280e383e1964033385c2e1a92b189fe0b
Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 5 11:38:54 2020 +0000
Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Jan 5 11:38:54 2020 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=2821d4b2
dependencies.tex: Don't mention blocks on provided virtuals.
This is a remnant of old-style virtuals and should have been removed
long ago.
Fixes: c8ab6b99bffa85bcd686284ba60a30f53c31c8b0
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>
dependencies.tex | 9 ++-------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dependencies.tex b/dependencies.tex
index 44382d1..3305b86 100644
--- a/dependencies.tex
+++ b/dependencies.tex
@@ -279,13 +279,8 @@ The following operators are available:
\subsection{Block operator}
If the specification is prefixed with one or two exclamation marks, the named
dependency is a block
-rather than a requirement---that is to say, the specified package must not be
installed, with the
-following exceptions:
-
-\begin{compactitem}
-\item Blocks on a package provided exclusively by the ebuild do not count.
-\item Weak blocks on the package version of the ebuild itself do not count.
-\end{compactitem}
+rather than a requirement---that is to say, the specified package must not be
installed. As an
+exception, weak blocks on the package version of the ebuild itself do not
count.
\featurelabel{bang-strength} There are two strengths of block: weak and
strong. A weak block may be
ignored by the package manager, so long as any blocked package will be
uninstalled later on. A
