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commit: 360fee65272a07017ba4a342e9e2c265d987b535 |
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Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Fri Mar 1 03:42:02 2013 +0000 |
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Commit: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Fri Mar 1 03:42:02 2013 +0000 |
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URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=360fee65 |
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portage(5): document multiple parents in the parent file |
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Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo.org> |
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man/portage.5 | 11 +++++++---- |
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1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 |
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index 379b20c..cea7e71 100644 |
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--- a/man/portage.5 |
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+++ b/man/portage.5 |
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@@ -453,10 +453,13 @@ x11\-libs/qt \-mysql |
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.fi |
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.TP |
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.BR parent |
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-This contains a path to the parent profile. It may be either relative or |
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-absolute. The paths will be relative to the location of the profile. Most |
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-commonly this file contains '..' to indicate the directory above. Utilized |
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-only in cascading profiles. |
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+This contains paths to the parent profiles (one per line). They may be either |
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+relative (to the location of the profile) or absolute. Most commonly this file |
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+contains '..' to indicate the directory above. Utilized only in cascading |
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+profiles. |
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+ |
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+When multiple parent profiles are specified, they are inherited in order from |
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+the first line to the last. |
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If \fBlayout.conf\fR is new enough, you can also use the <repo>:<path> |
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syntax. The <repo> is the same string as is stored in the \fBrepo_name\fR |
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