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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2017-05-27 21:17:03 -0700
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2017-05-30 02:56:34 -0700
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man/portage.5: document -* in profile "packages" files (bug 610670)
The -* wildcard has been supported since portage-2.3.4, but it was not explicitly documented. X-Gentoo-Bug: 610670 X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610670 Acked-by: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>
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@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ hurt \fBemerge\fR's ability to parallelize.
.I Note:
In a cascading profile setup, you can remove packages in children
profiles which were added by parent profiles by prefixing the atom with
-a '\-'.
+a '\-'. The '\-*' wildcard discards all @system and @profile packages
+added by parent profiles.
.I Example:
.nf