swift       12/08/15 07:20:36

  Modified:             hb-portage-advanced.xml hb-working-portage.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #429980 - Describe virtuals properly, remove reference to virtuals 
file in profile (old-style virtuals)

Revision  Changes    Path
1.4                  xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-advanced.xml

file : 
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-advanced.xml?rev=1.4&view=markup
plain: 
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-advanced.xml?rev=1.4&content-type=text/plain
diff : 
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-advanced.xml?r1=1.3&r2=1.4

Index: hb-portage-advanced.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: 
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-advanced.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- hb-portage-advanced.xml     24 Jul 2012 12:12:52 -0000      1.3
+++ hb-portage-advanced.xml     15 Aug 2012 07:20:36 -0000      1.4
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: 
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-advanced.xml,v 1.3 
2012/07/24 12:12:52 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: 
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-advanced.xml,v 1.4 
2012/08/15 07:20:36 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 features.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>3</version>
-<date>2012-07-24</date>
+<version>4</version>
+<date>2012-08-15</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction</title>
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@
 <p>
 By using <path>/etc/portage/profile</path>, you can override profile settings
 such as <path>packages</path> (what packages are considered to be part of the
-system set), <path>virtuals</path> (default packages when pulling in a virtual)
-and more.
+system set), forced use flags and more.
 </p>
 
 </body>



1.81                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-portage.xml

file : 
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-portage.xml?rev=1.81&view=markup
plain: 
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-portage.xml?rev=1.81&content-type=text/plain
diff : 
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-portage.xml?r1=1.80&r2=1.81

Index: hb-working-portage.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: 
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-portage.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.80
retrieving revision 1.81
diff -u -r1.80 -r1.81
--- hb-working-portage.xml      24 Jul 2012 12:12:52 -0000      1.80
+++ hb-working-portage.xml      15 Aug 2012 07:20:36 -0000      1.81
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: 
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-portage.xml,v 1.80 
2012/07/24 12:12:52 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: 
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-portage.xml,v 1.81 
2012/08/15 07:20:36 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 maintain the software on his system.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>6</version>
-<date>2012-07-24</date>
+<version>7</version>
+<date>2012-08-15</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Welcome to Portage</title>
@@ -508,9 +508,12 @@
 are all system loggers. Applications that rely on the availability of "a system
 logger" cannot depend on, for instance, <c>metalogd</c>, as the other system
 loggers are as good a choice as any. Portage allows for <e>virtuals</e>: each
-system logger is listed as a provider of the logging service in the
+system logger is listed as an "exclusive" dependency of the logging service in 
the
 <c>logger</c> virtual package of the <c>virtual</c> category, so that
-applications can depend on the <c>virtual/logger</c> package.
+applications can depend on the <c>virtual/logger</c> package. When installed,
+the package will pull in the first logging package mentioned in the package,
+unless a logging package was already installed (in which case the virtual is
+satisfied).
 </p>
 
 <p>




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