commit:     f2d25e174634151732b86e72befd3a90f048aeb8
Author:     Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Dec 26 22:28:45 2014 +0000
Commit:     Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Jan  5 20:08:16 2015 +0000
URL:        
http://sources.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=f2d25e17

man/emerge.1: clarify --buildpkg-exclude wrt *-backup FEATURES (533036)

The --buildpkg-exclude option does not affect downgrade-backup or
unmerge-backup features, since having this option disable backups is
not necessarily desirable.

X-Gentoo-Bug: 533036
X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533036
Acked-by: Alexander Berntsen <bernalex <AT> gentoo.org>

---
 man/emerge.1 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index ec2363d..4636997 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ live filesystem.
 .BR "\-\-buildpkg\-exclude " ATOMS
 A space separated list of package atoms for which
 no binary packages should be built. This option overrides all
-possible ways to enable building of binary packages.
+possible ways to enable building of binary packages except for
+the downgrade\-backup and unmerge\-backup \fBFEATURES\fR settings (see
+\fBmake.conf\fR(5) for more information about \fBFEATURES\fR settings).
 .TP
 .BR "\-\-buildpkgonly " (\fB\-B\fR)
 Creates binary packages for all ebuilds processed without actually

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