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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2010-08-15 19:25:32 -0700
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2010-08-15 19:25:32 -0700
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Add support for /etc/portage/make.profile as an alternative to
/etc/make.profile. If both /etc/make.profile/ and /etc/portage/make.profile/ exist, then /etc/make.profile/ will be preferred.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/portage.58
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index d13eee524..e9da4c339 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ make.globals
.BR make.conf (5)
.fi
.TP
-.BR /etc/make.profile/
+\fB/etc/make.profile/\fR or \fB/etc/portage/make.profile/\fR
site\-specific overrides go in \fB/etc/portage/profile/\fR
.nf
deprecated
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ is described extensivly in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
The global custom settings for Portage. See \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
.RE
.TP
-.BR /etc/make.profile/
+\fB/etc/make.profile/\fR or \fB/etc/portage/make.profile/\fR
This is usually just a symlink to the correct profile in
\fB/usr/portage/profiles/\fR. Since it is part of the portage tree, it
may easily be updated/regenerated by running `emerge \-\-sync`. It defines
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ directory and populate it. However, if you just wish to override some
settings, use \fB/etc/portage/profile/\fR (it supports all of the same file
types that \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR does, except parent). Do NOT edit the
settings in \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR because they WILL be lost with the next
-`emerge \-\-sync`.
+`emerge \-\-sync`. If both \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR and
+\fB/etc/portage/make.profile/\fR exist, then \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR
+will be preferred.
Any file in this directory, directories of other profiles or top-level
"profiles" directory that begins with "package." or "use." can be more than