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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-07-30 23:09:29 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-07-30 23:09:29 +0000
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Bug #276264 - Advise manual removal of the metadata/cache/ direcory when using
eclass-overrides. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=13864
-rw-r--r--man/portage.55
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 3a7043995..a5c438612 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -558,8 +558,9 @@ are inherently \fBnot\fR \fIsite\-specific\fR. \fBWARNING:\fR Use of
eclass inheritance (especially due to \fBeclass\-overrides\fR) may trigger
performance issues under some circumstances (see \fBbug #124041\fR). When
using \fBeclass\-overrides\fR, due to bug #276264, you must ensure that
-your portage tree does not contain a metadata/cache/. For example, you
-should set PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="\-\-exclude=/metadata/cache" in
+your portage tree does not contain a metadata/cache/ directory. If that
+directory exists then you should remove it entirely, and set
+PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="\-\-exclude=/metadata/cache" in
make.conf in order to exclude the metadata/cache/ directory during
\fBemerge\fR(1) \-\-sync operations.