From fbba53adef8a23d5c872211df5cfd1a315cb8031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:33:04 +0000 Subject: Documnet EAPI in the MASKED PACKAGES section. (trunk r7951) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=7969 --- man/emerge.1 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'man/emerge.1') diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 2c038bbb7..2439618c6 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ The \fBpackage.mask\fR file primarily blocks the use of packages that cause problems or are known to have issues on different systems. It resides in \fI/usr/portage/profiles\fR. .TP +.BR EAPI +The \fBEAPI\fR variable in an \fBebuild\fR(5) file is used to mask packages +that are not supported by the current version of portage. Packages masked by +\fBEAPI\fR can only be installed after portage has been upgraded. +.TP .BR KEYWORDS The \fBKEYWORDS\fR variable in an \fBebuild\fR file is also used for masking a package still in testing. There are architecture\-specific keywords for -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22