I write a patch to ebuild-writing/variable/text.xml removing the PROVIDE variable.
Created attachment 150970 [details, diff] Remove PROVIDE variable
I can't find anything that indicates it is deprecated. Portage and pms guys: comments?
[15:33] <trops> are the virtual ebuilds I add in PROVIDE variable? [15:33] <dberkholz> trops: no, you don't need to do that [15:34] <dberkholz> that's more for old-style virtuals [15:34] <dberkholz> the kind that show up in virtuals files in the profiles/ directory, rather than the kind in the virtuals/ category [15:36] <trops> dberkholz: in documentation http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html say that I add in PROVIDE variable [15:36] <trops> however, thanks! :D [15:37] <dberkholz> devmanual's out of date on that [15:37] <dberkholz> feel free to submit a patch =) [15:37] <trops> ok :) I will write a patch :D [15:44] <trops> dberkholz: Is the PROVIDE variable deprecated? [15:44] <dberkholz> i'd say that everything related to old-style variables is
PROVIDE is for old style virtuals. New style virtuals don't use it. But alas, old style virtuals have yet to be formally deprecated.
Allright, this patch will apply in future. :P
Old style virtuals cannot be deprecated currently. See bug #148251
(In reply to comment #1) > Created an attachment (id=150970) [edit] > Remove PROVIDE variable Mmm.. the examples in this snippet are bad though. Both editor and emacs have been converted to new style virtuals a while ago..
Nothing to do here. Every time something in the tree changes I don't plan on updating the examples in devmanual. If someone thinks we should, then maybe we should just make all of the examples abstract so it doesn't represent anything in the tree, but that would be a separate bug.
Well, currently new style virtuals aren't even mentioned at all in the devmanual despite that they are preferred whenever possible. Probably, what really should happen is that profiles/virtuals/index.html should explain the distinction between old and new style virtuals, in which cases we still have to use old style (self-blocking virtuals such as e.g. mta) and in which cases it's particularly useful to convert existing virtuals to new style (e.g. SLOT/version specs needed)... In the variables section there should be a reference to that page and s/Any virtuals/Any old style virtuals/.
