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
