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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2009-09-06 00:31:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2009-09-06 00:31:10 +0000 |
| commit | 63357c43454a783f015bd4c8c57e438aa272f79f (patch) | |
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Document ACCEPT_PROPERTIES and package.properties.
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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index b36c40e70..1822048d1 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ packages based on licensing restrictions. \fBemerge\fR examines the of a package masked by \fBLICENSE\fR. See \fBmake.conf\fR(5) for information about \fBACCEPT_LICENSE\fR, and see \fBportage\fR(5) for information about \fI/etc/portage/package.license\fR. +.TP +.BR PROPERTIES +The \fBPROPERTIES\fR variable in an \fBebuild\fR file can be used to mask +packages based on properties restrictions. \fBemerge\fR examines the +\fBACCEPT_PROPERTIES\fR environment variable to allow or disallow the emerging +of a package masked by \fBPROPERTIES\fR. See \fBmake.conf\fR(5) for information +about \fBACCEPT_PROPERTIES\fR, and see \fBportage\fR(5) for information about +\fI/etc/portage/package.properties\fR. .SH "CONFIGURATION FILES" Portage has a special feature called "config file protection". The purpose of this feature is to prevent new package installs from clobbering existing |