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diff --git a/appendices.tex b/appendices.tex index 7a2c70b..daf9b01 100644 --- a/appendices.tex +++ b/appendices.tex @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ The \t{metadata.xml} file is used to contain extra package- or category-level information beyond what is stored in ebuild metadata. Its exact format is strictly beyond the scope of this document, -and is described in GLEP~68~\cite{Glep68}. +and is described in GLEP~68~\cite{glep68}. \chapter{Unspecified Items} @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ the \t{PROVIDE} metadata that it supplied certain virtuals, and the package mana in mind when handling dependencies. Old-style virtuals were supported by EAPIs 0, 1, 2, 3 and~4. They were phased out via -GLEP~37~\cite{Glep37} and finally removed in 2011. +GLEP~37~\cite{glep37} and finally removed in 2011. \note{A `new-style virtual' is a normal package that installs no files and uses its dependency requirements to pull in a `provider'. This does not require any special handling from the package @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ The method to specify the EAPI of an ebuild used to be a shell variable assignme manager had to source the ebuild in order to determine the EAPI\@. Therefore any ebuild using a future EAPI would still have to be sourceable by old package managers, which imposed restrictions e.\,g.\ on updating the Bash version or on possible changes of global scope functions. Several -approaches to overcome this limitation were discussed, notably GLEP~55~\cite{Glep55}, which was +approaches to overcome this limitation were discussed, notably GLEP~55~\cite{glep55}, which was rejected though. The current syntax of the \t{EAPI} assignment statement (see section~\ref{sec:eapi}), allowing |