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diff --git a/doc/howitworks.docbook b/doc/howitworks.docbook index c4f3123..abb25fb 100644 --- a/doc/howitworks.docbook +++ b/doc/howitworks.docbook @@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ an acceptable subset of GNU parameters. </para> <para> +There are basically two Gentoo specific softwares that are needed for +autoepatch: the first is baselayout, as autoepatch loads +/sbin/functions.sh to get functions like ebegin and eend, and +similar; the other is Portage, as autoepatch uses the portageq +command, and allows to the patchsets to use it. +</para> + +<para> First of all, as most of the patchsets are expected to be actual patch files, the patch(1) command is supposed to be coming from GNU project. While FreeBSD uses Larry Wall's patch(1) command, that |