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author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-05-11 19:47:10 +0000 |
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committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-05-11 19:47:10 +0000 |
commit | f104c9f8ac201ce5276b6193a702a26e00437698 (patch) | |
tree | bb323632dfa89f6dc554155d27aaec1033f962ef /man/make.conf.5 | |
parent | 9daa7570d88dccd869ac90abadf85f9d6a6eb701 (diff) | |
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Merge from trunk:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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r10288 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 11:25:35 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 2 lines
Make the summary more accurate.
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svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=10292
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index ac4555ed0..df4e08c92 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ This variable is passed by the \fIebuild scripts\fR to the \fIconfigure\fR as \fI\-\-target=${CTARGET}\fR only if it is defined. .TP \fBDISTDIR\fR = \fI[path]\fR -Defines the location of your local source file repository. Note +Defines the location of your local source file repository. 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 +\fBeclean\fR(1) from the gentoolkit package. Note that locations under /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage. See the \fBPORTDIR\fR documentation for more information. .br |