From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 03:42:02 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: portage(5): document multiple parents in the parent file
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.0_alpha164~4
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=360fee65272a07017ba4a342e9e2c265d987b535;p=portage.git

portage(5): document multiple parents in the parent file

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 379b20ce5..cea7e71f0 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -453,10 +453,13 @@ x11\-libs/qt \-mysql
 .fi
 .TP
 .BR parent
-This contains a path to the parent profile.  It may be either relative or 
-absolute.  The paths will be relative to the location of the profile.  Most 
-commonly this file contains '..' to indicate the directory above.  Utilized 
-only in cascading profiles.
+This contains paths to the parent profiles (one per line).  They may be either
+relative (to the location of the profile) or absolute.  Most commonly this file
+contains '..' to indicate the directory above.  Utilized only in cascading
+profiles.
+
+When multiple parent profiles are specified, they are inherited in order from
+the first line to the last.
 
 If \fBlayout.conf\fR is new enough, you can also use the <repo>:<path>
 syntax.  The <repo> is the same string as is stored in the \fBrepo_name\fR