[123902] trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1.txt

[cal at macports.org]

Revision: 123902
          https://trac.macports.org/changeset/123902
Author:   cal at macports.org
Date:     2014-08-15 14:52:41 -0700 (Fri, 15 Aug 2014)
Log Message:
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base: port-echo manpage: address Ryan's comments

See https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2014-August/027679.html

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Modified: trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1.txt
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--- trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1.txt	2014-08-15 21:48:01 UTC (rev 123901)
+++ trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1.txt	2014-08-15 21:52:41 UTC (rev 123902)
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
 see what a pseudo-portname or a pseudo-portname selector (see man:port[1])
 expands to.
 
+If *port echo* doesn't recognize an argument as port, it will still print it
+as-is. You cannot use *port echo* to check whether a port exists:
+
+----
+$ port echo nonexistentport
+nonexistentport
+----
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 Common use cases are:
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