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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-02-05 01:22:22 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-02-05 01:22:22 +0000
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Document --config-root for bug #165334.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=5889
-rw-r--r--man/emerge.19
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 4cd77a52c..80a940254 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ is not a tty (by default, color is disabled unless stdout is a tty).
Used alongside \fB\-\-pretend\fR to cause the package name, new version,
and old version to be displayed in an aligned format for easy cut\-n\-paste.
.TP
+.BR \-\-config\-root=DIR
+Set the \fBPORTAGE_CONFIGROOT\fR environment variable.
+.TP
.BR "\-\-debug " (\fB\-d\fR)
Tells emerge to run the emerge command in \fB\-\-debug\fR mode. In this
mode the bash build environment will run with the \-x option, causing
@@ -397,14 +400,16 @@ command line.
.TP
\fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for
-merging packages or ebuilds.
+merging packages or ebuilds. This variable can be set in \fBmake.conf\fR(5)
+when \fBPORTAGE_CONFIGROOT\fR has a value other than /.
.br
Defaults to /.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_CONFIGROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Use \fBPORTAGE_CONFIGROOT\fR to specify the location for various portage
configuration files
-(see \fBFILES\fR for a detailed list of configuration files).
+(see \fBFILES\fR for a detailed list of configuration files). This variable
+can be set via the \fB\-\-config\-root\fR option.
.br
Defaults to /.
.SH "OUTPUT"