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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-01-14 03:56:53 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-01-14 03:56:53 +0000
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Use a new 'usersync' feature to control dropping of privileges for --sync,
since it's fairly common for people to have inconsistent permissions between $PORTDIR and contained files/directories. (trunk r12496) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=12506
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index b2d447eb9..9526a6315 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ portage:portage without a sandbox (unless \fIusersandbox\fR is also used).
.B usersandbox
Enable the sandbox in the compile phase, when running without root privs (\fIuserpriv\fR).
.TP
+.B usersync
+Drop privileges to the owner of \fBPORTDIR\fR for \fBemerge(1) --sync\fR
+operations.
+.TP
.B webrsync-gpg
Enable GPG verification when using \fIemerge\-webrsync\fR.
.RE