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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-07-30 06:35:54 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-07-30 06:35:54 +0000
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For bug #185504, document profiles/repo_name. (branches/2.1.2 r7320)
svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2.9/; revision=7498
-rw-r--r--man/portage.518
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 725e09375..dc72d5467 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Jun 2007" "Portage 2.1.3" "Portage"
+.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Dec 2005" "Portage 2.1" "Portage"
.SH NAME
portage \- the heart of Gentoo
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ make.globals
.fi
.TP
.BR /etc/make.profile/
-site\-specific overrides go in \fB/etc/portage/profile/\fR
.nf
deprecated
make.defaults
packages
packages.build
-package.mask
package.provided
package.use
package.use.force
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ virtuals
.BR /etc/portage/
.nf
bashrc
-color.map
modules
package.keywords
package.mask
@@ -129,10 +126,9 @@ may easily be updated/regenerated by running `emerge \-\-sync`. It defines
what a profile is (usually arch specific stuff). If you need a custom
profile, then you should make your own \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR
directory and populate it. However, if you just wish to override some
-settings, use \fB/etc/portage/profile/\fR (it supports all of the same file
-types that \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR does, except parent). Do NOT edit the
-settings in \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR because they WILL be lost with the next
-`emerge \-\-sync`.
+settings, do NOT edit these files because they WILL be lost with the
+next `emerge \-\-sync`. See the section below on \fB/etc/portage/\fR for
+overriding.
.RS
.TP
.BR deprecated
@@ -373,9 +369,6 @@ If needed, this file can be used to set up a special environment for ebuilds,
different from the standard root environment. The syntax is the same as for
any other bash script.
.TP
-.BR color.map
-Contains variables customizing colors. See \fBcolor.map\fR(5).
-.TP
.BR modules
This file can be used to override the metadata cache implementation. In
practice, portdbapi.auxdbmodule is the only variable that the user will want to
@@ -744,5 +737,4 @@ Drake Wyrm <wyrm@haell.com>
.BR emerge (1),
.BR ebuild (1),
.BR ebuild (5),
-.BR make.conf (5),
-.BR color.map (5)
+.BR make.conf (5)