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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2007-03-09 04:43:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2007-03-09 04:43:10 +0000 |
| commit | 93680a9e556c918a68ca85faa4d0814c2f652c5b (patch) | |
| tree | 73da02ec526212fc8f6f123f5fa68672249a75c9 /man/portage.5 | |
| parent | 042f185672bfd98abf980ec6a31260b2d050bbb2 (diff) | |
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Remove profile masking of system packages from the docs.
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index b59eb0a0e..9c3ae32cf 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -165,14 +165,12 @@ Special USE flags used by catalyst for building a stage3 and GRP sets. .PD 1 .TP .BR packages -This file serves two purposes. The first is to mask out specific -packages/versions on a per\-profile basis. The second is to provide the -list of packages that compose the special \fIsystem\fR set. +Provides the list of packages that compose the special \fIsystem\fR set. .I Format: .nf \- comments begin with # -\- one DEPEND atom per line of what to mask OUT +\- one DEPEND atom per line \- packages to be added to the system set begin with a * .fi .I Note: @@ -183,12 +181,11 @@ a '\-'. .I Example: .nf # i am a comment ! -# only allow versions of glibc less than 2.3 -<sys\-libs/glibc\-2.3 -# add any version of bash to the system set +# pull in a version of glibc less than 2.3 +*<sys\-libs/glibc\-2.3 +# pull in any version of bash *app\-shells/bash -# only allow versions of readline earlier than 4.2 -# and add it to the system set +# pull in a version of readline earlier than 4.2 *<sys\-libs/readline\-4.2 .fi .TP |