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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2009-04-19 18:40:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2009-04-19 18:40:12 +0000 |
| commit | 189098f1fb9e94fcdcfad459300abae38d20805a (patch) | |
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| parent | In action_deselect(), use the installed packages to expand atoms into slot (diff) | |
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Add notes about eclass precedence for metadata/layout.conf.
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 0ac8be92..e6119b53 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -587,12 +587,16 @@ Specifies information about the repository layout. Currently, only a single repositories which satisfy dependencies on eclasses and/or ebuilds. Each repository name should correspond the value of a \fBrepo_name\fR entry from one of the repositories that is configured via the \fBPORTDIR\fR or -\fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR variables (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). Site-specific +\fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR variables (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). Repositories listed +toward the right of the \fBmasters\fR list take precedence over those listed +toward the left of the list. Site-specific overrides to \fBlayout.conf\fR settings may be specified in \fB/etc/portage/repos.conf\fR. .I Example: .nf +# eclasses provided by java-overlay take precedence over identically named +# eclasses that are provided by gentoo masters = gentoo java-overlay .fi .RE |