[gentoo-commits] proj/portage:master commit in: man/

["Mike Frysinger" <vapier@gentoo.org>]

commit:     360fee65272a07017ba4a342e9e2c265d987b535
Author:     Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar  1 03:42:02 2013 +0000
Commit:     Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Mar  1 03:42:02 2013 +0000
URL:        http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=360fee65

portage(5): document multiple parents in the parent file

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo.org>

---
 man/portage.5 |   11 +++++++----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 379b20c..cea7e71 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -453,10 +453,13 @@ x11\-libs/qt \-mysql
 .fi
 .TP
 .BR parent
-This contains a path to the parent profile.  It may be either relative or 
-absolute.  The paths will be relative to the location of the profile.  Most 
-commonly this file contains '..' to indicate the directory above.  Utilized 
-only in cascading profiles.
+This contains paths to the parent profiles (one per line).  They may be either
+relative (to the location of the profile) or absolute.  Most commonly this file
+contains '..' to indicate the directory above.  Utilized only in cascading
+profiles.
+
+When multiple parent profiles are specified, they are inherited in order from
+the first line to the last.
 
 If \fBlayout.conf\fR is new enough, you can also use the <repo>:<path>
 syntax.  The <repo> is the same string as is stored in the \fBrepo_name\fR