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| -rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/portage.5 | 10 |
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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 diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 0283f4f0f..be4b1ab9d 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ This variable is used to mask packages based on licensing restrictions. .br Defaults to the value of * -@EULA. .TP +\fBACCEPT_PROPERTIES\fR = \fI[space delimited list of properties]\fR +This variable is used to mask packages based on PROPERTIES restrictions. +See \fBebuild\fR(5) for more information about PROPERTIES. +.br +Defaults to the value of *. +.TP .B CBUILD This variable is passed by the \fIebuild scripts\fR to the \fIconfigure\fR as \fI\-\-build=${CBUILD}\fR only if it is defined. Do not set this yourself diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 3d447a869..36805f815 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ modules package.keywords package.license package.mask +package.properties package.unmask package.use repos.conf @@ -542,6 +543,15 @@ versions earlier than 1.0.4496. No problem! >=media\-video/nvidia\-glx\-1.0.4496 .fi .TP +.BR package.properties +This will allow ACCEPT_PROPERTIES to be augmented for a single package. + +.I Format: +.nf +\- comment lines begin with # (no inline comments) +\- one DEPEND atom per line followed by additional properties +.fi +.TP .BR package.unmask Just like package.mask above, except here you list packages you want to unmask. Useful for overriding the global package.mask file (see |