commit: 5e91e851b96bc43a952870403194abcd7d7c52dd Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Mon Jan 24 04:15:19 2022 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Fri Feb 18 18:19:24 2022 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=5e91e851
general-concepts/portage-cache: add "metadata invariance" term Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/devmanual/pull/269 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> general-concepts/portage-cache/text.xml | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-concepts/portage-cache/text.xml b/general-concepts/portage-cache/text.xml index a1394af..857cf6b 100644 --- a/general-concepts/portage-cache/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/portage-cache/text.xml @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ these variables must be either static or generated using only unchanging 'version / name' variables (<c>P</c>, <c>PN</c>, <c>PV</c>, <c>PR</c>, <c>PVR</c> and <c>PF</c>). </p> +<p> +The cache, when generated, must be identical independent of the used machine +or environment. This concept is referred to as <e>metadata invariance</e>. +</p> + <p> So, the following will not work: </p>
