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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2005-09-16 02:27:50 +0000
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2005-09-16 02:27:50 +0000
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document the -* KEYWORD #97165
svn path=/main/branches/2.0/; revision=1996
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@@ -346,6 +346,18 @@ media\-video/mplayer \-~x86
# always use unstable netcat
net-analyzer/netcat
.fi
+
+.I Additional Note:
+If you encounter the \fB-*\fR KEYWORD, this indicates that the package is known
+to be broken on all systems which are not otherwise listed in KEYWORDS. For
+example, a binary only package which is built for x86 will look like:
+
+games-fps/quake3-demo-1.11.ebuild:KEYWORDS="-* x86"
+
+If you wish to accept this package anyways, then add \fB-*\fR to your
+package.keywords like this:
+
+games-fps/quake3-demo -*
.TP
.BR package.use
Per\-package USE flags. Useful for tracking local USE flags or for
@@ -584,5 +596,3 @@ Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/
.BR ebuild (1),
.BR ebuild (5),
.BR make.conf (5)
-.SH "CVS HEADER"
-$Id: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/portage/man/portage.5,v 1.17.2.12 2005/07/02 21:02:17 vapier Exp $