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diff --git a/bpkg/bpkg.cli b/bpkg/bpkg.cli
index 48f655e..be9b639 100644
--- a/bpkg/bpkg.cli
+++ b/bpkg/bpkg.cli
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ namespace bpkg
configuration is an amalgamation that contains packages as subprojects
(see \l{bpkg-cfg-create(1)} for details).
+ Build configurations can be linked with each other so that while a
+ package is built in one configuration, some of its dependencies can be
+ built in linked configurations (see \l{bpkg-cfg-create(1)} for details).
+
A \i{bpkg package} is an archive or directory (potentially in a version
control system) that contains a \cb{build2} project plus the package
\cb{manifest} file. \cb{bpkg} can either use package archives/directories
@@ -168,6 +172,11 @@ namespace bpkg
"\l{bpkg-cfg-create(1)} \- create configuration"
}
+ bool cfg-link
+ {
+ "\l{bpkg-cfg-link(1)} \- link configuration"
+ }
+
bool rep-info
{
"\l{bpkg-rep-info(1)} \- print repository information"
@@ -314,9 +323,10 @@ namespace bpkg
"\h|ENVIRONMENT|
- Commands executed by \cb{bpkg} while the build configuration database is
- open will have the \cb{BPKG_OPEN_CONFIG} environment variable set to the
- absolute and normalized configuration directory path. This can be used by
+ Commands executed by \cb{bpkg} while the current and linked build
+ configuration databases are open will have the \cb{BPKG_OPEN_CONFIGS}
+ environment variable set to the space-separated, \cb{\"}-quoted list of
+ absolute and normalized configuration directory paths. This can be used by
build system hooks and/or programs that they execute.
"