EAPI 9 no longer rewrites absolute symlinkseapi-9

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934514
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/eapi-differences.tex b/eapi-differences.tex
index f6aafe7..3d5bb97 100644
--- a/eapi-differences.tex
+++ b/eapi-differences.tex
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ Controllable stripping & \compactfeatureref{dostrip} &
 \t{unpack} support for \t{rar} & \compactfeatureref{unpack-extensions} &
     Yes & Yes & No & No \\
 
+Absolute symlink rewriting & \compactfeatureref{symlink-rewrite} &
+    Yes & Yes & Yes & No \\
+
 \end{longtable}
 
 \chapter{Differences between EAPIs}
@@ -356,6 +359,8 @@ EAPI 9 is EAPI 8 with the following changes:
 
 \begin{compactitem}
 \item Different default EAPI for profiles, \featureref{profile-eapi-default}.
+\item Absolute symlinks no longer being rewritten, \featureref{symlink-rewrite}
+
 \end{compactitem}
 
 \ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{9}
diff --git a/merge.tex b/merge.tex
index 27b0ba8..e51c1b8 100644
--- a/merge.tex
+++ b/merge.tex
@@ -138,8 +138,23 @@ Ebuilds must not attempt to merge a symlink on top of a directory.
 
 \subsection{Rewriting}
 
-Any absolute symlink whose link starts with \t{D} must be rewritten with the leading \t{D} removed.
-The package manager should issue a notice when doing this.
+\featurelabel{symlink-rewrite} In EAPIs listed in table~\ref{tab:symlink-rewrite} as rewriting
+symlinks, any absolute symlink whose link starts with \t{D} must be rewritten with the leading
+\t{D} removed. The package manager should issue a notice when encountering such a symlink.
+
+\ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{9}
+\begin{centertable}{Rewriting of absolute symlinks}
+    \label{tab:symlink-rewrite}
+    \begin{tabular}{ll}
+      \toprule
+      \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{EAPI}} &
+      \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Rewrite symlinks?}} \\
+      \midrule
+      0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & Yes \\
+      9                         & No  \\
+      \bottomrule
+    \end{tabular}
+\end{centertable}
 
 \section{Hard links}