From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 04:43:10 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Remove profile masking of system packages from the docs.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2_pre1~1591
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=93680a9e556c918a68ca85faa4d0814c2f652c5b;p=portage.git

Remove profile masking of system packages from the docs.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6198
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index b59eb0a0e..9c3ae32cf 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -165,14 +165,12 @@ Special USE flags used by catalyst for building a stage3 and GRP sets.
 .PD 1
 .TP
 .BR packages
-This file serves two purposes.  The first is to mask out specific 
-packages/versions on a per\-profile basis.  The second is to provide the 
-list of packages that compose the special \fIsystem\fR set.
+Provides the list of packages that compose the special \fIsystem\fR set.
 
 .I Format:
 .nf
 \- comments begin with #
-\- one DEPEND atom per line of what to mask OUT
+\- one DEPEND atom per line
 \- packages to be added to the system set begin with a *
 .fi
 .I Note:
@@ -183,12 +181,11 @@ a '\-'.
 .I Example:
 .nf
 # i am a comment !
-# only allow versions of glibc less than 2.3
-<sys\-libs/glibc\-2.3
-# add any version of bash to the system set
+# pull in a version of glibc less than 2.3
+*<sys\-libs/glibc\-2.3
+# pull in any version of bash
 *app\-shells/bash
-# only allow versions of readline earlier than 4.2
-# and add it to the system set
+# pull in a version of readline earlier than 4.2
 *<sys\-libs/readline\-4.2
 .fi
 .TP