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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-06-11 21:26:23 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-06-11 21:26:23 +0000
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Update the PORT_LOGDIR docs for bug #82378. Thanks to Arfrever FTA for reporting. (trunk r6810)
svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=6811
-rw-r--r--cnf/make.conf12
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.56
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf b/cnf/make.conf
index e8ac854e7..15d54da06 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf
+++ b/cnf/make.conf
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@
#PKGDIR=/usr/portage/packages
#
# PORT_LOGDIR is the location where portage will store all the logs it
-# creates from each individual merge. They are stored as NNNN-$PF.log
-# in the directory specified. This is disabled until you enable it by
-# providing a directory. Permissions will be modified as needed IF the
-# directory exists, otherwise logging will be disabled. NNNN is the
-# increment at the time the log is created. Logs are thus sequential.
-#PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage
+# creates from each individual merge. 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.
+#PORT_LOGDIR=""
#
# PORTDIR_OVERLAY is a directory where local ebuilds may be stored without
# concern that they will be deleted by rsync updates. Default is not
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 06fd1c48c..5c211f92e 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -325,7 +325,11 @@ 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.