Change the handling of slave repositories to the usual notion of 'slave overrides master'.
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> --- glep-0072.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/glep-0072.rst b/glep-0072.rst index 9ad8b61..68b8e91 100644 --- a/glep-0072.rst +++ b/glep-0072.rst @@ -150,6 +150,20 @@ Testing means that the architecture does not use stable keywords at all. Presence of such keywords is considered an error. Consistency is tested only for ``~arch``. +arches.desc in slave repositories +--------------------------------- + +If ``arches.desc`` is present in several repositories, then each file affects +packages in the repository in question. If the file does not specify a value +for given arch, the value from the master repository is used. However, using +it in multiple repositories is discouraged. + +Note that the stability status override affects only packages in the slave +repository and their direct dependencies. If an arch is set to ``testing``, +then master repositories are still permitted to use stable keywords. If it is +set to ``stable``, then missing stable keywords in dependencies from the master +repository will cause dependency graph inconsistency. + Backwards Compatibility ======================= @@ -178,14 +192,6 @@ to determine a list of stable arches shall fall back to the current method of determining stable arches by scanning profiles.desc for stable profiles. -arches.desc in overlays -======================= - -If arches.desc is present in several repositories, then the strictest setting -for an architecture wins. Using arches.desc outside the gentoo (or -alternative) master repository however is discouraged. - - Copyright ========= -- 2.26.0
