[123903] trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1

[cal at macports.org]

Revision: 123903
          https://trac.macports.org/changeset/123903
Author:   cal at macports.org
Date:     2014-08-15 14:52:57 -0700 (Fri, 15 Aug 2014)
Log Message:
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base: regenerate roff from asciidoc source

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1

Modified: trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1
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--- trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1	2014-08-15 21:52:41 UTC (rev 123902)
+++ trunk/base/doc/port-echo.1	2014-08-15 21:52:57 UTC (rev 123903)
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .sp
 \fBport echo\fR expands its argument list according to MacPorts\*(Aq rules and prints a list of ports that match the expression given as argument\&. It can be useful to see what a pseudo\-portname or a pseudo\-portname selector (see \fBport\fR(1)) expands to\&.
+.sp
+If \fBport echo\fR doesn\(cqt recognize an argument as port, it will still print it as\-is\&. You cannot use \fBport echo\fR to check whether a port exists:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+$ port echo nonexistentport
+nonexistentport
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .sp
 Common use cases are:
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