commit: ac1b9f3e101f2760578f8046e59c21a1683b6a59 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sat Feb 22 19:10:04 2020 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sat Feb 22 19:54:25 2020 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=ac1b9f3e
ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources: KEYWORDS must be empty. Update policy on live ebuilds, as discussed in gentoo-dev: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/a4cc194fc387d4abffed054b523d83f8 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml index 181b23f..9a7a034 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml @@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ variables. </ul> <note> -VCS ebuilds must be either with empty <c>KEYWORDS</c> or package.masked -(but <e>not</e> both). Empty <c>KEYWORDS</c> are strongly preferred. -This applies to "live" ebuilds (<c>-9999</c>) and to ebuilds that extract a -static revision but still use a version control system for fetching. +VCS ebuilds must be with empty <c>KEYWORDS</c> but <e>not</e> package.masked +(except if the mask is for an independent reason). Usually the <c>KEYWORDS</c> +line should be omitted altogether. This applies to "live" ebuilds (<c>-9999</c>) +and to ebuilds that extract a static revision but still use a version control +system for fetching. </note> </body>
