commit: 986ca8f1dd6eca7c9a1b099a9a652bc9710786b1
Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Jan 1 11:15:26 2022 +0000
Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Jan 22 21:34:45 2022 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=986ca8f1
ebuild-maintenance/package-moves: add common terms for pkgmove/slotmove
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
ebuild-maintenance/package-moves/text.xml | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ebuild-maintenance/package-moves/text.xml
b/ebuild-maintenance/package-moves/text.xml
index 21cd245..93e0dcf 100644
--- a/ebuild-maintenance/package-moves/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-maintenance/package-moves/text.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ the following must be noted:
<body>
<p>
-Moving or renaming a package requires several operations. Firstly, verify that
-the ebuilds will continue to work correctly after the move. If the category
-changes, you must verify all <c>${CATEGORY}</c> uses. If the package name
-changes, you must verify <c>${PN}</c>, <c>${P}</c>, etc. Whenever the old value
-is necessary, substitute the variable reference with the verbatim text, so that
-it won't get affected by the move. Commit the changes separately before moving
+Moving or renaming a package (sometimes called a "pkgmove" or just "move")
+requires several operations. Firstly, verify that the ebuilds will continue to
+work correctly after the move. If the category changes, you must verify all
+<c>${CATEGORY}</c> uses. If the package name changes, you must verify
+<c>${PN}</c>, <c>${P}</c>, etc. Whenever the old value is necessary,
+substitute the variable reference with the verbatim text, so that it won't get
+affected by the move. Commit the changes separately before moving
the package.
</p>
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ during the update.
<body>
<p>
-The process for changing the ebuild's SLOT is very similar to the
+The process for changing the ebuild's SLOT (a "slotmove") is very similar to
the
previous process. Besides changing the SLOT in the ebuild file, you
also need to create a new entry in <c>profiles/updates/</c> in
the Gentoo repository in the following format:
