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| -rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 7 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index b01e8374e..43253bc93 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -567,10 +567,8 @@ problems or are known to have issues on different systems. It resides in \fI/usr/portage/profiles\fR. .TP .BR CHOST -The \CHOST\fR variable in \fBmake.conf\fR(5) is used to mask binary packages -that have been built with a different \CHOST\fR setting. The only -way to unmask such a binary package is to change the \CHOST\fR environment -variable so that it exactly matches that of the binary package. +Use the \fBACCEPT_CHOSTS\fR variable in \fBmake.conf\fR(5) to control +\fBCHOST\fR acceptance for binary packages. .TP .BR EAPI The \fBEAPI\fR variable in an \fBebuild\fR(5) file is used to mask packages diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index c42500026..2fa95f724 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ settings. Clearing these variables requires a clear\-all as in: export USE="\-*" .SH "VARIABLES" .TP +\fBACCEPT_CHOSTS\fR = \fI[space delimited list of CHOST values]\fR +Specifies acceptable \fBCHOST\fR values for binary packages. Regular +expression syntax is supported, so it is necessary to escape +\fBCHOST\fR characters if they have special meaning in regular expressions. +.br +Defaults to the value of $CHOST. +.TP \fBACCEPT_KEYWORDS\fR = \fI[space delimited list of KEYWORDS]\fR Enable testing of ebuilds that have not yet been deemed 'stable'. Users of the 'x86' architecture would set this to '~x86' while ppc users would |