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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index 2652f89c1..0d5e4484d 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -349,6 +349,15 @@ Without it, \fBemerge\fR defaults to install only runtime dependencies (i.e. .PP See section \fBVARIABLES\fR for more information about the \fBDEPEND\fR, \fBRDEPEND\fR and \fBHDEPEND\fR variables. +.TP +.B The targetroot USE flag +For EAPIs that support the "\fItargetroot\fR" USE flag, that flag is +automatically enabled by the package manager if \fIhost\fR and \fItarget\fR +system are not the same, i.e. if the \fBROOT\fR is not "\fI/\fR". +This is necessary where the package to be built needs an executable copy of +itself during the build process. +A known example is dev-lang/python, which needs to run a Python interpreter +during compilation. .SH "VARIABLES" .TP |