From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:47:34 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Document FEATURES=preserve-libs.
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Document FEATURES=preserve-libs.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=11506
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 9adc07682..054d83d1c 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ Fetch in the background while compiling. Run
 `tail \-f /var/log/emerge\-fetch.log` in a
 terminal to view parallel-fetch progress.
 .TP
+.B preserve\-libs
+Preserve libraries when the sonames change during upgrade or downgrade.
+Libraries are preserved only if consumers of those libraries are detected.
+.TP
 .B protect\-owned
 This is identical to the \fIcollision\-protect\fR feature except that files
 may be overwritten if they are not explicitly listed in the contents of a