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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 9c3ae32cf..18db63344 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -66,8 +66,17 @@ use.desc use.local.desc .fi .TP +.BR /var/cache/edb/ +misc internal cache files +.TP +.BR /var/db/pkg/ +database to track installed packages +.TP .BR /var/lib/portage/ +.nf +config world +.fi .SH "GLOSSARY" In the following sections, some terminology may be foreign to you or used with meaning specific to Portage. Please see the referenced manpages for @@ -646,9 +655,46 @@ games\-emulation/xmess:net \- Adds network support .fi .RE .TP +.BR /var/cache/edb/ +.RS +This directory is used to store internal portage cache files. The names and +purpose of these files are not documented on purpose so as to keep down bitrot +as internals change. If you aren't working on portage internally, then the +details most likely do not matter to you. + +This entire directory can be safely deleted. It is highly recommended you do +not do this however as it can be a time consuming process to generate them all +again. +.RE +.TP +.BR /var/db/pkg/ +.RS +All installed package information is recorded here. If portage thinks you have +a package installed, it is usually because it is listed here. + +The format follows somewhat closely that of the portage tree. There is a +directory for each category and a package-version subdirectory for each package +you have installed. + +Inside each package directory are misc files that describe the installed +contents of the package as well as build time information (so that the package +can be unmerged without needing the portage tree). + +The exact file contents and format are not described here again so that things +can be changed quickly. Generally though there is one file per environment +variable that "matters" (like CFLAGS) with the contents stored inside of it. +Another common file is the CONTENTS file which lists the path and hashes of +all objects that the package installed onto your system. +.RE +.TP .BR /var/lib/portage/ .RS .TP +.BR config +Hashes which are used to determine whether files in config protected +directories have been modified since being installed. Files which have not +been modified will automatically be unmerged. +.TP .BR world Every time you emerge a package, the package that you requested is recorded here. Then when you run `emerge world \-up`, the list of |