[gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 2/2] Doocument behaviour of --root-deps for EAPI 6+ in emerge(1)

[Dennis Schridde <devurandom@gmx.net>]

---
 man/emerge.1 | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index ea6409c..61d86b7 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -711,10 +711,11 @@ of packages for \fBROOT\fR.
 This option is only meaningful when used together with \fBROOT\fR and it should
 not be enabled under normal circumstances!
 
-For currently supported \fBEAPI\fR values, the build-time dependencies are
-specified in the \fBDEPEND\fR variable.
-However, behavior may change for new \fBEAPI\fRs when related extensions are
-added in the future.
+Affects \fBEAPI 5\fR and earlier ebuilds only.
+\fBEAPI 6\fR and later provide \fBHDEPEND\fR as a new means to adjust
+installation into "\fI/\fR" and \fBROOT\fR.
+If \fBEAPI 5\fR and earlier ebuilds are built in the same \fBemerge\fR run as
+\fBEAPI 6\fR and later ebuilds, this option affects only the former.
 .TP
 .BR "\-\-select [ y | n ]"
 Add specified packages to the world set (inverse of
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