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author | Marius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org> | 2007-01-10 03:24:21 +0000 |
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committer | Marius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org> | 2007-01-10 03:24:21 +0000 |
commit | 62b9787719172d3b628eaecf6cf7b3f21645c8d5 (patch) | |
tree | ab4cbab1c3c0afdfc72a6b4a359dc31eead71cc1 /man/ebuild.5 | |
parent | 3cd2d49ad5d283f06fc49fb149f00e5e590e9e32 (diff) | |
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Add elog related variables to make.conf(5) with a pointer to make.conf.example. Add elog() description to ebuild(5) and update einfo() description.
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diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5 index d0b0d0993..0e061410c 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.5 +++ b/man/ebuild.5 @@ -547,10 +547,15 @@ VERINS="$(best_version net-ftp/glftpd)" .RE .SH "HELPER FUNCTIONS: OUTPUT" .TP -\fBeinfo\fR \fI"informative message"\fR +\fBeinfo\fR \fI"disposable message"\fR +Same as \fBelog\fR, but should be used when the message isn't important to the +user (like progress or status messages during the build process). +.TP +\fBelog\fR \fI"informative message"\fR If you need to display an message that you wish the user to read and take -notice of, then use \fBeinfo\fR. It works just like \fBecho\fR(1), but -adds a little more to the output so as to catch the user's eye. +notice of, then use \fBelog\fR. It works just like \fBecho\fR(1), but +adds a little more to the output so as to catch the user's eye. The message +will also be logged by portage for later review. .TP \fBewarn\fR \fI"warning message"\fR Same as \fBeinfo\fR, but should be used when showing a warning to the user. |