From 2b1eceaf79ac667eecdf1ef9585592a235c8d93f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:45:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Bug #331413 - Clarify the behavior of the =$CATEGORY/$PN-$VERSION* atom operator some more. Thanks to Dennis Schridde . --- man/ebuild.5 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index e39366535..94f49d700 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -286,9 +286,12 @@ and explicitly disallow them from being temporarily installed simultaneously during a series of upgrades. This syntax is supported beginning with \fBEAPI 2\fR. .br -\fI*\fR means match any version of the package so long as the specified base -is matched. So with a version of '2*', we can match '2.1', '2.2', '2.2.1', -etc... and not match version '1.0', '3.0', '4.1', etc... The version part +\fI*\fR means match any version of the package so long +as the specified string prefix is matched. So with a +version of '2*', we can match '2.1', '2.2', '2.2.1', +etc... and not match version '1.0', '3.0', '4.1', etc... +Beware that, due to the string matching nature, '20' +will also be matched by '2*'. The version part that comes before the '*' must be a valid version in the absence of the '*'. For example, '2' is a valid version and '2.' is not. Therefore, '2*' is allowed and '2.*' is not. -- 2.26.2