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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-07-24 22:16:20 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-07-24 22:16:20 +0000
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* Refer user to make.conf(5) if PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND fails.
* Document that PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND can be disabled by setting it to an empty string. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=11183
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.52
-rw-r--r--pym/_emerge/__init__.py1
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 36db9d536..875060da2 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ This variable should contain a command for portage to call in order
to adjust the io priority of portage and it's subprocesses. The command
string should contain a \\${PID} place-holder that will be substituted
with an integer pid. For more information about ionice, see \fBionice\fR(1).
+Set this variable to an empty string if you do not want portage to call
+ionice.
.br
Defaults to "ionice -c 2 -n 7 -p \\${PID}".
.TP
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/__init__.py b/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
index 6c25bafd3..cf43a9efe 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
@@ -12868,6 +12868,7 @@ def ionice(settings):
if rval != os.EX_OK:
out = portage.output.EOutput()
out.eerror("PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND returned %d" % (rval,))
+ out.eerror("See the make.conf(5) man page for PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND usage instructions.")
def emerge_main():
global portage # NFC why this is necessary now - genone