Document the new ACCEPT_CHOSTS variable. (trunk r10671)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=10672

diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 80b30e420df47f92417d4ae264c780bbd0cd58ff..d91d640796d9140d6585459399d262aba2b18300 100644 (file)
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -565,10 +565,8 @@ problems or are known to have issues on different systems.  It resides in
 \fI/usr/portage/profiles\fR.
 .TP
 .BR CHOST
-The \CHOST\fR variable in \fBmake.conf\fR(5) is used to mask binary packages
-that have been built with a different \CHOST\fR setting. The only
-way to unmask such a binary package is to change the \CHOST\fR environment
-variable so that it exactly matches that of the binary package.
+Use the \fBACCEPT_CHOSTS\fR variable in \fBmake.conf\fR(5) to control
+\fBCHOST\fR acceptance for binary packages.
 .TP
 .BR EAPI
 The \fBEAPI\fR variable in an \fBebuild\fR(5) file is used to mask packages

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 44947f2a0c195fbc97863c1b638268becbb3a1ae..bda28e044a97a5f443281ecd13009840c3951ae9 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ settings.  Clearing these variables requires a clear\-all as in:
 export USE="\-*"
 .SH "VARIABLES"
 .TP
+\fBACCEPT_CHOSTS\fR = \fI[space delimited list of CHOST values]\fR
+Specifies acceptable \fBCHOST\fR values for binary packages. Regular
+expression syntax is supported, so it is necessary to escape
+\fBCHOST\fR characters if they have special meaning in regular expressions.
+.br
+Defaults to the value of $CHOST.
+.TP
 \fBACCEPT_KEYWORDS\fR = \fI[space delimited list of KEYWORDS]\fR
 Enable testing of ebuilds that have not yet been deemed 'stable'.  Users
 of the 'x86' architecture would set this to '~x86' while ppc users would