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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-05-10 18:29:44 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-05-10 18:29:44 +0000
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For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6519
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.57
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 6b22daf12..bf0c4cdc4 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -184,9 +184,10 @@ is set to include debug information (such as with the \-ggdb flag).
Do not delete the ${T} directory after the merge process.
.TP
.B keepwork
-Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process. This also
-disables most of the clean phase that is run prior to each build. This causes it
-to interfere with normal emerge operation and therefore it should not be left
+Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process. ${WORKDIR} can
+then be reused since this feature disables most of the clean phase that runs
+prior to each build. Due to lack of proper cleanup, this feature can
+interfere with normal emerge operation and therefore it should not be left
enabled for more than a short period of time.
.TP
.B metadata\-transfer