commit: 90a15aad608c87a7a03dade22592fa95a0ac4fbd Author: Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sun May 28 04:17:03 2017 +0000 Commit: Brian Dolbec <dolsen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue May 30 09:56:34 2017 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=90a15aad
man/portage.5: document -* in profile "packages" files (bug 610670) The -* wildcard has been supported since portage-2.3.4, but it was not explicitly documented. X-Gentoo-Bug: 610670 X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610670 Acked-by: Brian Dolbec <dolsen <AT> gentoo.org> man/portage.5 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 82e979ecf..366a1fa85 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ hurt \fBemerge\fR's ability to parallelize. .I Note: In a cascading profile setup, you can remove packages in children profiles which were added by parent profiles by prefixing the atom with -a '\-'. +a '\-'. The '\-*' wildcard discards all @system and @profile packages +added by parent profiles. .I Example: .nf
