From bb85e2d6f828513a4b28a82f44d5d66ed42ad715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zlg Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:31:22 -0700 Subject: [RFC PATCH] repoman man/repoman.1: Add "BEHAVIOR" section (fix bug 650520) To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org The manpage references "directory tree", but doesn't explicitly outline the expected behavior when run anywhere above the package directory level. Exact name of section, location within the manpage, and/or wording open to suggestions. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/650520 Requested-by: zlg Signed-off-by: zlg --- repoman/man/repoman.1 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/repoman/man/repoman.1 b/repoman/man/repoman.1 index db6526b5e..82f6afb24 100644 --- a/repoman/man/repoman.1 +++ b/repoman/man/repoman.1 @@ -437,6 +437,12 @@ not directly. .B wxwidgets.eclassnotused Ebuild DEPENDs on x11-libs/wxGTK without inheriting wxwidgets.eclass. Refer to bug #305469 for more information. +.SH "BEHAVIOR" +When invoked from a level higher than a package directory, \fBrepoman\fR +will recurse through a directory tree and execute the given command +on a per-package basis, e.g. \fBrepoman manifest\fR at the root of +the repository will generate manifests for every package within the +repository. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Please report bugs via https://bugs.gentoo.org/ .SH AUTHORS -- 2.16.3