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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-05-09 23:11:53 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2007-05-09 23:11:53 +0000
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For bug #177763, document that FEATURES=keepwork can interfere with normal emerge operation.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6511
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
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@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ is set to include debug information (such as with the \-ggdb flag).
Do not delete the ${T} directory after the merge process.
.TP
.B keepwork
-Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process.
+Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process. This also
+disables most the clean phase that is run prior to each build. This causes it
+to interfere with normal emerge operation and therefore it should not be left
+enabled for more than a short period of time.
.TP
.B metadata\-transfer
Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.