commit:     f435d92641eaf91cbf7a78036b02d81355ec99bd
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 30 20:29:59 2025 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Dec 16 03:31:09 2025 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=f435d926

man: make.conf(5): document INSTALL_MASK exclusion support

Support for exclusions with '-' was introduced in 
8f9cff73321b3ee5957357448819b505932e0e5c
but was not documented until now.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/651214
Fixes: 8f9cff73321b3ee5957357448819b505932e0e5c
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 man/make.conf.5 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 1106dbbf96..b7505332a1 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -940,6 +940,9 @@ Also supported is a \fBPKG_INSTALL_MASK\fR variable that 
behaves
 exactly like \fBINSTALL_MASK\fR except that it is processed just
 before creation of a binary package.
 
+Exclusions are supported via \fI[-pattern]\fR.  For exclusions, the last
+matching pattern determines whether the file is removed (masked) or kept.
+
 \fB***warning***\fR
 .br
 This does not place nice with filenames containing spaces. If you

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