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
