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

["Zac Medico" <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

commit:     ab6a0321659fa448a541398c1a6083c7f856e87f
Author:     Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul  6 19:23:45 2013 +0000
Commit:     Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Jul  6 19:23:45 2013 +0000
URL:        http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=ab6a0321

man/portage.5: clarify package.provided virtuals

---
 man/portage.5 | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 31c6c88..ca468b8 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Jun 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Jul 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
 .SH NAME
 portage \- the heart of Gentoo
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ entries may cause installed packages satisfying equivalent dependencies
 to be removed by \fBemerge\fR(1) \fB\-\-depclean\fR actions (see the
 \fBACTIONS\fR section of the \fBemerge\fR(1) man page for more information).
 
-Virtual packages (virtual/*) should not be specified in package.provided.
+Virtual packages (virtual/*) should not be specified in package.provided,
+since virtual packages themselves do not provide any files, and
+package.provided is intended to represent packages that do provide files.
 Depending on the type of virtual, it may be necessary to add an entry to the
 virtuals file and/or add a package that satisfies a virtual to
 package.provided.