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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
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/emaint.12
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.56
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/emaint.1 b/man/emaint.1
index 98c33429f..2cf31420f 100644
--- a/man/emaint.1
+++ b/man/emaint.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH "EMAINT" "1" "Dec 2005" "Portage 2.1" "Portage"
.SH NAME
-emaint \- updates environment settings automatically
+emaint \- performs system health checks and maintenance
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR emaint
[\fIoptions\fR]
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