commit:     704554770bb49bdfc24e9245404e2f0da938e3d7
Author:     Jernej Jakob <jernej.jakob+gentoo <AT> gmail <DOT> com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun  7 14:13:20 2022 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Jan 14 16:41:48 2023 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=70455477

man/portage.5: document portage skips files that begin with '.' or end '~'

Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/834038
Signed-off-by: Jernej Jakob <jernej.jakob+gentoo <AT> gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 man/portage.5 | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index a19e14647..c2c92faaa 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -604,10 +604,11 @@ virtual/aspell\-dict   app\-dicts/aspell\-en
 .TP
 .BR /etc/portage/
 Files in this directory, including make.conf, repos.conf, sets.conf,
-and any file with a name that begins with "package.", can be
-more than just a flat file.  If it is a directory, then all the files in that
-directory will be sorted in lexical order by file name and summed together
-as if it were a single file.
+and any file with a name that begins with "package." can also be directories.
+
+If it is a directory, then all the files in that directory, excluding files
+that begin with '.' or end with '~', will be sorted in lexical order by file
+name and summed together as if they were a single file.
 
 .I Example:
 .nf

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