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-rw-r--r--man/ebuild.54
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 8c9da6c08..02069b44e 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ arch related flags (see \fBKEYWORDS\fR). Beginning with \fBEAPI 1\fR, it
is possible to prefix flags with + or - in order to create default settings
that respectively enable or disable the corresponding \fBUSE\fR flags. For
details about \fBUSE\fR flag stacking order, refer to the \fBUSE_ORDER\fR
-variable in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
+variable in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). Given the default \fBUSE_ORDER\fR setting,
+negative IUSE default settings are ineffective since profile and user
+configuration settings override them.
.TP
\fBDEPEND\fR
This should contain a list of all packages that are required for the