From afec057eb58a8552400353900c57fc302141e386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jernej Jakob Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 16:13:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man/portage.5: document portage skips files that begin with '.' or end '~' Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/834038 Signed-off-by: Jernej Jakob --- man/portage.5 | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index f42564664..be1390c47 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, 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. +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 -- 2.35.1