commit: df0cda737a6c5e51907f0c90c568337de16f0400 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Wed Mar 11 13:42:21 2020 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Wed Mar 11 13:42:21 2020 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=df0cda73
general-concepts/virtuals: Clarify definition. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/711936 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> general-concepts/virtuals/text.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/general-concepts/virtuals/text.xml b/general-concepts/virtuals/text.xml index b9889aa..6ac5832 100644 --- a/general-concepts/virtuals/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/virtuals/text.xml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ <body> <p> Virtuals are merely packages that are in the category of <c>virtual</c>. They -use their dependency string to specify the providers for the virtual and should +use their dependency string to specify the providers for the virtual and do not install any files. Since they are regular ebuilds, there can be several versions of a virtual (which can be helpful when a package may be provided by another in some versions, and not others <d/> see the perl virtuals for an
