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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 6c78cbd54..c3e8d8655 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -104,8 +104,13 @@ more detailed explanations. .RS .TP .B DEPEND atom -A string which matches a package. It is of the form category/package. -It may also contain optional logical operators and versions. +An atom is either of the form category/package or consists of an operator +followed by category/package followed by a hyphen and a version specification. +An atom might be prefixed by a slot specification. +The extended atom syntax allows atoms of the form category/package, where an +arbitrary number of characters has been replaced by a '*'. An extended atom may contain +more than one '*', but not two next to each other. The extend atom syntax is only +available in user configuration files and for some command line options. .br More reading: .BR ebuild (5) |