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| author |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2016-09-13 08:54:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2016-09-13 08:54:57 +0200 |
| commit | e8e5e57caa1179a262aad362ba9a65e938257159 (patch) | |
| tree | 173c8f641c8048e52dcaf5c7e563e771680872ec /tree-layout.tex | |
| parent | tree-layout.tex: Remove item list of ebuild file name components. (diff) | |
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tree-layout.tex: Clarify that empty Manifest files can be omitted.
With thin manifests the file can end up empty (e.g., if the package
contains only live ebuilds). Current practice is to leave such empty
files out.
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diff --git a/tree-layout.tex b/tree-layout.tex index dfb8496..e215cf8 100644 --- a/tree-layout.tex +++ b/tree-layout.tex @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ A package directory contains the following: \item A \t{metadata.xml} file, as described in appendix~\ref{sec:metadata-xml}\@. Optional only for legacy support. \item A \t{ChangeLog}, in a format determined by the provider of the repository. Optional. -\item A \t{Manifest} file, whose format is described in~\cite{Glep44}. +\item A \t{Manifest} file, whose format is described in~\cite{Glep44}. Can be omitted if the file + would be empty. \item A \t{files} directory, containing any support files needed by the ebuilds. Optional. \end{compactitem} |