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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-04-11 22:34:38 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-04-11 22:34:38 +0000
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Move the /etc/portage categories and mirrors docs into alphabetical order.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=13324
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 0ab4ec344..29631219c 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ virtuals
.BR /etc/portage/
.nf
bashrc
+categories
color.map
+mirrors
modules
package.keywords
package.mask
package.unmask
package.use
-mirrors
-categories
.fi
.TP
.BR /etc/portage/profile/
@@ -394,9 +394,51 @@ If needed, this file can be used to set up a special environment for ebuilds,
different from the standard root environment. The syntax is the same as for
any other bash script.
.TP
+.BR categories
+A simple list of valid categories that may be used in /usr/portage,
+PORTDIR_OVERLAY, and PKGDIR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). This allows for custom
+categories to be created.
+
+.I Format:
+.nf
+\- one category per line
+.fi
+
+.I Example:
+.nf
+app\-hackers
+media\-other
+.fi
+.TP
.BR color.map
Contains variables customizing colors. See \fBcolor.map\fR(5).
.TP
+.BR mirrors
+Whenever portage encounters a mirror:// style URL it will look up the actual
+hosts here. If the mirror set is not found here, it will check the global
+mirrors file at /usr/portage/profiles/thirdpartymirrors. You may also set a
+special mirror type called "local". This list of mirrors will be checked
+before GENTOO_MIRRORS and will be used even if the package has
+RESTRICT="mirror" or RESTRICT="fetch".
+
+.I Format:
+.nf
+\- comments begin with # (no inline comments)
+\- mirror type followed by a list of hosts
+.fi
+
+.I Example:
+.nf
+# local private mirrors used only by my company
+local ftp://192.168.0.3/mirrors/gentoo http://192.168.0.4/distfiles
+
+# people in japan would want to use the japanese mirror first
+sourceforge http://keihanna.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge
+
+# people in tawain would want to use the local gnu mirror first
+gnu ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/
+.fi
+.TP
.BR modules
This file can be used to override the metadata cache implementation. In
practice, portdbapi.auxdbmodule is the only variable that the user will want to
@@ -504,48 +546,6 @@ documentation for QT. Easy as pie my friend!
# disable mysql support for QT
x11\-libs/qt \-mysql
.fi
-.TP
-.BR mirrors
-Whenever portage encounters a mirror:// style URL it will look up the actual
-hosts here. If the mirror set is not found here, it will check the global
-mirrors file at /usr/portage/profiles/thirdpartymirrors. You may also set a
-special mirror type called "local". This list of mirrors will be checked
-before GENTOO_MIRRORS and will be used even if the package has
-RESTRICT="mirror" or RESTRICT="fetch".
-
-.I Format:
-.nf
-\- comments begin with # (no inline comments)
-\- mirror type followed by a list of hosts
-.fi
-
-.I Example:
-.nf
-# local private mirrors used only by my company
-local ftp://192.168.0.3/mirrors/gentoo http://192.168.0.4/distfiles
-
-# people in japan would want to use the japanese mirror first
-sourceforge http://keihanna.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge
-
-# people in tawain would want to use the local gnu mirror first
-gnu ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/
-.fi
-.TP
-.BR categories
-A simple list of valid categories that may be used in /usr/portage,
-PORTDIR_OVERLAY, and PKGDIR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). This allows for custom
-categories to be created.
-
-.I Format:
-.nf
-\- one category per line
-.fi
-
-.I Example:
-.nf
-app\-hackers
-media\-other
-.fi
.RE
.TP
.BR /usr/portage/metadata/