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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-05-11 19:47:10 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-05-11 19:47:10 +0000
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------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10291 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 12:37:31 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 2 lines Add back the warning for DISTDIR about storing stuff inside PORTDIR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10290 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 12:35:26 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 2 lines Sync make.conf.example with make.conf.5 for bug #220111. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10289 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 12:21:28 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 3 lines Bug #220111 - Update the DISTDIR docs to clarify that it's safe to remove any and all files from this location after packages are built. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10288 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 11:25:35 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 2 lines Make the summary more accurate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=10292
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-rw-r--r--cnf/make.conf13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/cnf/make.conf b/cnf/make.conf
index d31036727..df7bddc27 100644
--- a/cnf/make.conf
+++ b/cnf/make.conf
@@ -87,12 +87,13 @@
#PORTDIR=/usr/portage
#
# DISTDIR is where all of the source code tarballs will be placed for
-# emerges. The source code is maintained here unless you delete
-# it. The entire repository of tarballs for Gentoo is 9G. This is
-# considerably more than any user will ever download. 2-3G is
-# a large DISTDIR. Note that locations under /usr/portage are not
-# necessarily safe for data storage. See the PORTDIR documentation
-# for more information.
+# emerges. After packages are built, it is safe to remove any and
+# all files from this directory since they will be automatically
+# fetched on demand for a given build. If you would like to
+# selectively prune obsolete files from this directory, see
+# eclean from the gentoolkit package. Note that locations under
+# /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage. See the
+# PORTDIR documentation for more information.
#DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
#
# PKGDIR is the location of binary packages that you can have created