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| author |   Stephen Bennett <spb@gentoo.org> | 2007-03-05 01:11:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Stephen Bennett <spb@gentoo.org> | 2007-03-05 01:11:07 +0000 |
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Assorted touchups, and the beginnings of old-style virtuals
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diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex index 7d27f47..f4704b8 100644 --- a/glossary.tex +++ b/glossary.tex @@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ be immediately obvious. \begin{description} \item[qualified package name] A package name along with its associated category. For example, \t{app-editors/vim} is a qualified package name. +\item[old-style virtual] An old-style virtual is a psuedo-package which exists if it is listed in an + ebuild's \t{PROVIDE} variable. See chapter \ref{old-style-virtuals}. +\item[new-style virtual] A new-style virtual is a normal package in the \t{virtual} category which + installs no files and uses its dependency requirements to pull in a `provider'. This is more + flexible than the old-style virtuals described above, and requires no special package manager + code. \end{description} |