Attachment 62425 Details for Bug 95954 – Diff to kde-split-ebuilds.xml

[patch] Diff to kde-split-ebuilds.xml

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>Index: kde-split-ebuilds.xml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml,v
>retrieving revision 1.4
>diff -u -p -u -r1.4 kde-split-ebuilds.xml
>--- kde-split-ebuilds.xml	17 Jun 2005 10:26:07 -0000	1.4
>+++ kde-split-ebuilds.xml	1 Jul 2005 19:29:47 -0000
>@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
> 
> <abstract>
> With KDE 3.4, the 'split ebuilds' were introduced into Portage. This page
>-documents the reasons behind the transition and the features made available by
>-it.
>+documents the reasons behind the transition, the new features it brings and the
>+way to upgrade from the old-style 'monolithic' ebuilds.
> </abstract>
> 
> 
> 
> <license/>
> 
>-<version>1.3</version>
>-<date>2005-06-17</date>
>+<version>1.4</version>
>+<date>2005-07-01</date>
> 
> <chapter>
> <title>The Split KDE Ebuilds</title>
>@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ well. These provide kword, kugar etc. as
> </body>
> </section>
> <section>
>-<title>How to use them</title>
>+<title>How to install the split ebuilds</title>
> <body>
> 
> <p>
>-The latest KDE 3.4.0 pre-release, as of this writing, is 3.4.0_beta1. Masked
>-split (and monolithic) ebuilds for it are present in Portage.
>+The latest KDE release, as of this writing, is 3.4.1, recently marked stable.
>+Both split and monolithic ebuilds for it are present in Portage.
> </p>
> 
> <ul>
>@@ -86,6 +86,29 @@ split (and monolithic) ebuilds for it ar
> </body>
> </section>
> <section>
>+<title>How to upgrade from the monolithic to the split ebuilds</title>
>+<body>
>+
>+<p>
>+If you have KDE 3.3.x installed, you can simply <c>emerge kde-meta</c> to
>+install the 3.4.x split ebuilds without disturbing your existing installation.
>+</p>
>+
>+<p>
>+If you have the KDE 3.4.x monolithic ebuilds installed, you must unmerge them
>+before emerging the split ebuilds. However, this process can be done for each
>+monolithic ebuild in turn; you don't have to unmerge all of KDE at once.
>+</p>
>+
>+<p>
>+If you're in doubt, remember there are blocking deps in place between each
>+monolithic ebuild and the split ebuilds derived from it. Portage won't allow an
>+illegal state to be created, so any emerge or unmerge it allows is OK.
>+</p>
>+
>+</body>
>+</section>
>+<section>
> <title>Advantages of the split ebuilds</title>
> <body>
>

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