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author | Diego Elio 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <flameeyes@gmail.com> | 2010-01-06 20:05:59 +0100 |
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committer | Diego Elio 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <flameeyes@gmail.com> | 2010-01-06 20:05:59 +0100 |
commit | 451852172e0fff3f897fa51aea09e1592ac2c7e6 (patch) | |
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parent | One more chapter. (diff) | |
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-rw-r--r-- | content/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions.xmli | 31 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | content/general-concepts/emerge-and-ebuild.xmli | 31 | ||||
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@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ <d:tocentry linkend="general-concepts.config-protect"><?dbhtml filename="general-concepts/config-protect/index.html"?></d:tocentry> <d:tocentry linkend="general-concepts.cvs-to-rsync"><?dbhtml filename="general-concepts/cvs-to-rsync/index.html"?></d:tocentry> <d:tocentry linkend="general-concepts.dependencies"><?dbhtml filename="general-concepts/dependencies/index.html"?></d:tocentry> + <d:tocentry linkend="general-concepts.manifest"><?dbhtml filename="general-concepts/manifest/index.html"?></d:tocentry> + <d:tocentry linkend="general-concepts.ebuild-revisions"><?dbhtml filename="general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/index.html"?></d:tocentry> + <d:tocentry linkend="general-concepts.emerge-and-ebuild"><?dbhtml filename="general-concepts/emerge-and-ebuild/index.html"?></d:tocentry> + <d:tocentry linkend="general-concepts.features"><?dbhtml filename="general-concepts/features/index.html"?></d:tocentry> </d:tocentry> </d:tocentry> </toc> diff --git a/content/general-concepts.xmli b/content/general-concepts.xmli index 169f0e3..23ccf5d 100644 --- a/content/general-concepts.xmli +++ b/content/general-concepts.xmli @@ -17,5 +17,10 @@ <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/config-protect.xmli" /> <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/cvs-to-rsync.xmli" /> <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/dependencies.xmli" /> + <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/manifest.xmli" /> + <!-- <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/distributed-building.xmli" /> --> + <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/ebuild-revisions.xmli" /> + <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/emerge-and-ebuild.xmli" /> + <xi:include parse="xml" href="general-concepts/features.xmli" /> -</part>
\ No newline at end of file +</part> diff --git a/content/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions.xmli b/content/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions.xmli new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c23f9d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions.xmli @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + xml:id="general-concepts.ebuild-revisions"> + <title>Ebuild Revisions</title> + + <para> + Ebuilds may have a Gentoo revision number associated with them. This is a <filename>-rX</filename> suffix, where + <literal>X</literal> is an integer — see <xref linkend="ebuild-writing.file-format.file-naming-rules"/>. This + component must only be used for Gentoo changes, not upstream releases. By default, <filename>-r0</filename> is + implied. + </para> + + <para> + Ebuilds should have their <filename>-rX</filename> incremented whenever a change is made which will make a + substantial difference to what gets installed by the package — by substantial, we generally mean "something for + which many users would want to upgrade". This is usually for bugfixes. + </para> + + <para> + Simple compile fixes do <emphasis>not</emphasis> warrant a revision bump; this is because they do + not affect the installed package for users who already managed to compile it. + Small documentation fixes are also usually not grounds for a new revision. + </para> + + <para> + When doing a revision bump, the usual rules about dropping to <literal>~arch</literal> apply. + See <xref linkend="keywording.keywording-on-upgrades"/>. + </para> +</chapter> diff --git a/content/general-concepts/emerge-and-ebuild.xmli b/content/general-concepts/emerge-and-ebuild.xmli new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3acd215 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/general-concepts/emerge-and-ebuild.xmli @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + xml:id="general-concepts.emerge-and-ebuild"> + + <title>Emerge and Ebuild Relationships</title> + + <figure> + <title> + How <command>emerge</command>, <command>ebuild</command> and <filename>foo.ebuild</filename> interact + </title> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="/images/emerge-end-ebuild-diagram.png" + align="center" /> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + + <para> + The <command>emerge</command> program is a high level wrapper for <filename>ebuild.sh</filename> that handles + dependency tracking, safe installs and uninstalls and so on. <command>emerge</command> calls + <filename>ebuild.sh</filename> during the build process, which in turn handles the ebuild file and any eclasses. The + <literal>${D}</literal> to <literal>${ROOT}</literal> install is handled by <command>emerge</command>. + </para> + + <!-- TODO http://dev.gentoo.org/~g2boojum/portage.html --> +</chapter> + diff --git a/content/general-concepts/features.xmli b/content/general-concepts/features.xmli new file mode 100644 index 0000000..22a01ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/general-concepts/features.xmli @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + xml:id="general-concepts.features"> + <title><varname>FEATURES</varname></title> + + + <para> + The <varname>FEATURES</varname> variable specifies options which affect how Portage operates + and how packages are compiled. It is <emphasis>not</emphasis> used for settings which have a + substantial effect upon the resulting generated package. + </para> + + <table> + <title> + Relevant <varname>FEATURES</varname> For Developers + </title> + + <tgroup cols="2"> + <thead> + <row> + <entry>Feature</entry> + <entry>Explanation</entry> + </row> + </thead> + + <tbody> + <row> + <entry><literal>collision-protect</literal></entry> + <entry> + Raise an error if an installing package attempts to overwrite a file which + is provided by a different package. + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><literal>noauto</literal></entry> + <entry>When utilizing <command>ebuild</command>, only run the function requested.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><literal>sandbox</literal></entry> + <entry>Enable the sandbox.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><literal>sign</literal></entry> + <entry>GPG sign <filename>Manifest</filename> files.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><literal>strict</literal></entry> + <entry> + Do some extra checks for potentially dangerous situations (eg missing + <filename>Manifest</filename> files). + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><literal>test</literal></entry> + <entry>Enable the <function>src_test</function> phase.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><literal>userpriv</literal></entry> + <entry>Drop to non-root privileges for certain phases.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><literal>usersandbox</literal></entry> + <entry>Enables the sandbox even when running non-privileged.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> +</chapter> diff --git a/content/general-concepts/manifest.xmli b/content/general-concepts/manifest.xmli new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6d0bd3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/general-concepts/manifest.xmli @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + xml:id="general-concepts.manifest"> + + <title><filename>Manifest</filename></title> + + <para> + In the tree, every package has a <filename>Manifest</filename> file. This file lives in the same directory as the + ebuilds for the package. The <filename>Manifest</filename> file contains digests (currently MD5, RMD160 and SHA256) + and file size data for every file in the directory and any subdirectories. This is used to verify integrity. The + <filename>Manifest</filename> may also be digitally signed. + </para> + + <para> + To generate the <filename>Manifest</filename>, use <command>ebuild foo.ebuild manifest</command>. When committing, + the <filename>Manifest</filename> file must be regenerated to handle any CVS keyword expansion changes — + <command>repoman</command> will do this automatically. + </para> +</chapter> |