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| author |   Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2017-08-26 19:08:23 +0200 |
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| committer |   Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@gentoo.org> | 2017-08-28 16:00:20 -0400 |
| commit | dd8078107236415fd8c5ea461f0119dd1e285a4c (patch) | |
| tree | 090f9842efe265a580d17509f7b8f22eaba8a49e /function-reference | |
| parent | ebuild-writing/functions/src_test: s/provide/provides/, s/which/that/ (diff) | |
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install-functions: Verbosely explain dosym target parameter
It is a common misconception that dosym takes two paths, both of them
interpreted relatively to ${ED}. To avoid that, explicitly explain
that the first parameter is interpreted as a verbatim symlink target.
Diffstat (limited to 'function-reference')
| -rw-r--r-- | function-reference/install-functions/text.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml b/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml index 6523521..c1392bf 100644 --- a/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml +++ b/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml @@ -257,7 +257,11 @@ the first is the source name, the second the name to use when installing. <c>dosym</c> </ti> <ti> - Create a symlink from the second parameter to the first parameter + Create a symlink to the target specified as the first parameter, + at the path specified by the second parameter. Note that + the target is interpreted <e>verbatim</e>; it needs to either + specify a relative path or an absolute path including + <c>${EPREFIX}</c>. </ti> </tr> <tr> |