commit: 16d5ce85b703a04076b8da210afd202fc6c90aa8 Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> riseup <DOT> net> AuthorDate: Sun Jul 12 11:41:40 2020 +0000 Commit: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> riseup <DOT> net> CommitDate: Sun Jul 12 11:41:40 2020 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/proj/guru.git/commit/?id=16d5ce85
README.md: add note on symlinks https://github.com/gentoo/guru/issues/5 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.103, Repoman-2.3.23 Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> riseup.net> README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a652cbe..518506a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ In GURU we use ['thin manifests'](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Repository_format String variables should be quoted (e.g. not `$P` or `${P}` but `"${P}"`). `repoman -dx full` will warn you about any unquoted variables you might have forgotten about. +- #### No Symlinks in the repository + +Please don't use symlinks in the repository (e.g. foobar-x.y.z.ebuild -> foobar-9999.ebuild), see [this forum posts](https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1079126-start-0.html) on why this is not a good idea. + - #### Undesirable/Deprecated dependencies Sometimes a upstream lists dependencies which are considered deprecated. If possible, packages should **not** depend on these deprecated dependencies. Reasons a dependency might be deprecated is that it is too old, unmaintained, or the features it adds are not useful to Gentoo. You can find an overview of the currently deprecated dependencies and the reason they are deprecated in `$(portageq get_repo_path / gentoo)/profiles/package.deprecated`. `repoman -dx full` will warn you if your package depends on a deprecated dependency.
