commit: 54ee612ef406435d1f403d8f76ed422921ffb707 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sat Mar 20 15:00:27 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Mon Mar 29 20:41:38 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=54ee612e
general-concepts/dependencies: list any-of dependencies in preferred order This eases Portage dependency resolution. Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml index f49e319..c175cfa 100644 --- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml @@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ DEPEND="!build? ( <title>Any of Many Dependencies</title> <body> +<note> +To ease dependency resolution for Portage, it is recommended that you sort +the elements in <e>preferred</e> order first. See +<uri link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/489458";>this bug</uri> for more context. +</note> + <p> To depend on either <c>foo</c> or <c>bar</c>: </p>
