From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:40:12 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Add notes about eclass precedence for metadata/layout.conf.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2_rc31~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=189098f1fb9e94fcdcfad459300abae38d20805a;p=portage.git

Add notes about eclass precedence for metadata/layout.conf.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=13370
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 0ac8be92f..e6119b537 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -587,12 +587,16 @@ Specifies information about the repository layout. Currently, only a single
 repositories which satisfy dependencies on eclasses and/or ebuilds. Each
 repository name should correspond the value of a \fBrepo_name\fR entry
 from one of the repositories that is configured via the \fBPORTDIR\fR or
-\fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR variables (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). Site-specific
+\fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR variables (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). Repositories listed
+toward the right of the \fBmasters\fR list take precedence over those listed
+toward the left of the list. Site-specific
 overrides to \fBlayout.conf\fR settings may be specified in
 \fB/etc/portage/repos.conf\fR.
 
 .I Example:
 .nf
+# eclasses provided by java-overlay take precedence over identically named
+# eclasses that are provided by gentoo
 masters = gentoo java-overlay
 .fi
 .RE