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| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 6 |
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index f3169c3af..8fd59d363 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -324,7 +324,11 @@ Defaults to /usr/portage/packages. .TP .B PORT_LOGDIR This variable defines the directory in which per\-ebuild logs are kept. -Logs are created only when this is set and writable. +Logs are created only when this is set. They are stored as +${CATEGORY}:${PF}:YYYYMMDD\-HHMMSS.log in the directory specified. If the +direcory does not exist, it will be created automatically and group permissions +will be applied to it. If the directory already exists, portage will not +modify it's permissions. .TP \fBPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR = \fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp/"\fR This is the host from which portage will grab prebuilt\-binary packages. |