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diff --git a/doc/operations.qdoc b/doc/operations.qdoc index 68662d289..c61e2af0c 100644 --- a/doc/operations.qdoc +++ b/doc/operations.qdoc @@ -300,4 +300,15 @@ devtool operation <binary> DO,Copy,<source>,<target> \endcode + \section1 Execution Groups + + The operations owned by a component belong to either of two groups: \e Unpack or \e Install. + The \c Extract operations are performed as part of the \e Unpack group before all other + operations and executed concurrently between all components that are going + to be installed. The rest of the operations are performed in the \e Install group and + executed sequentially for each component at a time. + + Custom operations can define their execution group by calling the \c setGroup() method + in their constructor. For more information about custom operations, see + \l{Registering Custom Operations}. */ |