Add some docs for metadata-transfer in make.conf.example and make.conf.5.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=2791

14 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cnf/make.conf b/cnf/make.conf
index 0e9388fe0..67af62b10 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf
+++ b/cnf/make.conf
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.alpha b/cnf/make.conf.alpha
index ece799831..9f1d9f162 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.alpha
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.alpha
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ CFLAGS="-mcpu=ev5 -O3 -pipe "
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.amd64 b/cnf/make.conf.amd64
index f5ee4b048..0d084cc54 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.amd64
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.amd64
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.arm b/cnf/make.conf.arm
index 1c1c6c20f..b725b8d25 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.arm
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.arm
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ CHOST="armv4l-unknown-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.hppa b/cnf/make.conf.hppa
index eb526e65f..3dc0a2c09 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.hppa
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.hppa
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ CHOST="hppa-unknown-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.ia64 b/cnf/make.conf.ia64
index 3f6808b83..9aa4e5a82 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.ia64
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.ia64
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ CHOST="ia64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.mips b/cnf/make.conf.mips
index dc71e3309..b96e3c8d7 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.mips
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.mips
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ CHOST="mips-unknown-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.ppc b/cnf/make.conf.ppc
index 6c38b1028..345088146 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.ppc
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.ppc
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.ppc64 b/cnf/make.conf.ppc64
index a636928a7..64f4f7631 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.ppc64
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.ppc64
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ CHOST="powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.s390 b/cnf/make.conf.s390
index fe2f8bcce..cb570c799 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.s390
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.s390
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ CHOST="s390-ibm-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.sparc b/cnf/make.conf.sparc
index f58ba4bb6..0784f8091 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.sparc
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.sparc
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.x86 b/cnf/make.conf.x86
index 98ba6a957..37813afae 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.x86
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.x86
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf.x86-fbsd b/cnf/make.conf.x86-fbsd
index 1149e4161..64be779a2 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf.x86-fbsd
+++ b/cnf/make.conf.x86-fbsd
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ CHOST="i686-unknown-freebsd5.3"
 #  'keepwork'    prevents the clean phase from deleting the WORKDIR.
 #  'test'    causes ebuilds to perform testing phases if they are capable
 #                of it. Some packages support this automaticaly via makefiles.
+#  'metadata-transfer'
+#                automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync`
+#                is run.
 #  'noauto'      causes ebuild to perform only the action requested and 
 #                not any other required actions like clean or unpack -- for
 #                debugging purposes only.
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index f881534e5..b3e1013de 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ Do not delete the ${T} directory after the merge process.
 .B keepwork
 Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process.
 .TP
+.B metadata-transfer
+Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge --sync` is run.
+.TP
 .B mirror
 This will cause \fBFETCHCOMMAND\fR to always be run even if 
 the file already exists in \fBDISTDIR\fR.