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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-06-11 21:20:42 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-06-11 21:20:42 +0000
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Update the PORT_LOGDIR docs for bug #82378. Thanks to Arfrever FTA for reporting.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6809
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.56
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index f3169c3af..8fd59d363 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -324,7 +324,11 @@ Defaults to /usr/portage/packages.
.TP
.B PORT_LOGDIR
This variable defines the directory in which per\-ebuild logs are kept.
-Logs are created only when this is set and writable.
+Logs are created only when this is set. They are stored as
+${CATEGORY}:${PF}:YYYYMMDD\-HHMMSS.log in the directory specified. If the
+direcory does not exist, it will be created automatically and group permissions
+will be applied to it. If the directory already exists, portage will not
+modify it's permissions.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR = \fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp/"\fR
This is the host from which portage will grab prebuilt\-binary packages.