commit:     caa3e98b1431ceeead2924302bcc997d6214ba69
Author:     matoro <matoro <AT> users <DOT> noreply <DOT> github <DOT> com>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 27 19:07:06 2023 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Apr 29 15:26:18 2023 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=caa3e98b

function-reference/install-functions: add note about paths to dostrip

Found this extremely unintuitive especially compared to the
documentation on the `dosym` function which is much clearer.

Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/888817
Signed-off-by: Matoro Mahri <matoro <AT> users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 function-reference/install-functions/text.xml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml 
b/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml
index 9fbdcbe..6961784 100644
--- a/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml
+++ b/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ The <c>*into</c> functions create the directory if it does 
not already exist.
       Normally executed to exclude from stripping.
       Eg. <c>dostrip -x /path/to/important.so</c>.  May also be used to 
include binaries
       to strip when <c>RESTRICT=strip</c> without the -x option.
+      Provided paths are relative to <c>${ED}</c>, even if they begin with a 
slash.
     </ti>
   </tr>
 </table>

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