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authorTim Harder <radhermit@gmail.com>2015-12-05 13:54:51 -0500
committerTim Harder <radhermit@gmail.com>2015-12-05 13:55:38 -0500
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man/pkgcore: minor extended atom syntax rewording
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@@ -351,11 +351,13 @@ you write your own configuration.
Atom Syntax
===========
-pkgcore supports an extended form of atom syntax- examples are provided below.
+In addition to the atom specification enhancements defined in various supported
+EAPIs, pkgcore provides several syntax extensions mostly relating to globbing-
+examples are provided below.
This form can be used in configuration files, but in doing so portage will have
-issues with the syntax, so if you want to maintain configuration
-compatibility, limit your usage of the extended syntax to the commandline only.
+issues with the syntax. To maintain configuration compatibility, limit extended
+syntax usage to the the commandline only.
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