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| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 4 |
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 42182a826..e02bcd9eb 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -456,7 +456,9 @@ Data stored inside \fBPORTDIR\fR is in peril of being overwritten or deleted by the emerge \-\-sync command. The default value of \fBPORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS\fR will protect the default locations of \fBDISTDIR\fR and \fBPKGDIR\fR, but users are warned that any other locations -inside \fBPORTDIR\fR are not necessarily safe for data storage. +inside \fBPORTDIR\fR are not necessarily safe for data storage. You should not +put other data (such as overlays) in your \fBPORTDIR\fB. Portage will walk +directory structures and may arbitrary add invalid categories as packages. .TP \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR = \fI"[path] [different\-path] [etc...]"\fR Defines the directories in which user made ebuilds may be stored and not |