From 205c83cd08fa12cd7b3a857629b79694c43a587b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:20:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add notes about eclass precedence for metadata/layout.conf. (trunk r13370) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=13523 --- man/portage.5 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 3a34b167c..03b93d6d6 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -586,12 +586,16 @@ 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 -- 2.26.2