commit:     e87ce6cb2d1c0893d6b5faee64af69ca9ea16de1
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 18 19:21:57 2022 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Jul 18 19:37:43 2022 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=e87ce6cb

ebuild.5: mention dosym -r for EAPI 8

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 man/ebuild.5 | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 939d43f9b..6c49055ea 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -1450,9 +1450,10 @@ file name.
 Beginning with \fBEAPI 4\fR, the \fBdohard\fR helper no longer exists. Ebuilds
 should call \fBln\fR(1) directly.
 .TP
-.B dosym\fR \fI<filename> <linkname>
+.B dosym\fR \fI[\-r] \fI<filename> <linkname>
 .PD 1
-Performs the ln command to create a symlink.
+Performs the ln command to create a symlink.  Setting \-r creates a relative
+symlink.  The \-r option is available beginning with \fBEAPI 8\fR.
 .TP
 .B doheader\fR \fI[\-r] <file> [list of more files]
 Installs the given header files into /usr/include/, by default

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