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authorMarius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org>2007-01-10 03:24:21 +0000
committerMarius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org>2007-01-10 03:24:21 +0000
commit62b9787719172d3b628eaecf6cf7b3f21645c8d5 (patch)
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Add elog related variables to make.conf(5) with a pointer to make.conf.example. Add elog() description to ebuild(5) and update einfo() description.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=5506
-rw-r--r--man/ebuild.511
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.513
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index d0b0d0993..0e061410c 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -547,10 +547,15 @@ VERINS="$(best_version net-ftp/glftpd)"
.RE
.SH "HELPER FUNCTIONS: OUTPUT"
.TP
-\fBeinfo\fR \fI"informative message"\fR
+\fBeinfo\fR \fI"disposable message"\fR
+Same as \fBelog\fR, but should be used when the message isn't important to the
+user (like progress or status messages during the build process).
+.TP
+\fBelog\fR \fI"informative message"\fR
If you need to display an message that you wish the user to read and take
-notice of, then use \fBeinfo\fR. It works just like \fBecho\fR(1), but
-adds a little more to the output so as to catch the user's eye.
+notice of, then use \fBelog\fR. It works just like \fBecho\fR(1), but
+adds a little more to the output so as to catch the user's eye. The message
+will also be logged by portage for later review.
.TP
\fBewarn\fR \fI"warning message"\fR
Same as \fBeinfo\fR, but should be used when showing a warning to the user.
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 02ae269d2..2f526436c 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -322,6 +322,19 @@ emerge is running at. In other words, this will not set the nice level,
it will increment it. For more information about nice levels and what
are acceptable ranges, see \fBnice\fR(1).
.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES\fR
+.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM\fR
+.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_ELOG_COMMAND\fR
+.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI\fR
+.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM\fR
+.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT\fR
+Please see /etc/make.conf.example for elog documentation.
+.TP
\fBPORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS\fR = \fI[rsync options string]\fR
Additional rsync options to be used by \fBemerge --sync\fR.
.br