commit:     7f38c9cbe3ce4a1eb4791b81b1ccd1a2f4eebfd1
Author:     Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov  9 19:16:58 2014 +0000
Commit:     Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Nov 10 18:29:30 2014 +0000
URL:        
http://sources.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=7f38c9cb

man/ebuild.5: document assert for bug #528760

X-Gentoo-Bug: 528760
X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528760
Acked-by: Alexander Berntsen <bernalex <AT> gentoo.org>

---
 man/ebuild.5 | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 89bd6a2..b587264 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "EBUILD" "5" "Jan 2014" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "EBUILD" "5" "Nov 2014" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 ebuild \- the internal format, variables, and functions in an ebuild script
@@ -969,6 +969,11 @@ default_src_test
 
 .SS "General:"
 .TP
+.B assert\fR \fI[reason]
+Checks the value of the shell's PIPESTATUS array variable, and if any
+component is non-zero (indicating failure), calls die with \fIreason\fR
+as a failure message.
+.TP
 .B die\fR \fI[reason]
 Causes the current emerge process to be aborted. The final display will
 include \fIreason\fR.

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