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-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.53
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 83b7fa3ba..07f7e1946 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ enabled for more than a short period of time.
.B lmirror
When \fImirror\fR is enabled in \fBFEATURES\fR, fetch files even
when \fImirror\fR is also in the \fBebuild\fR(5) \fBRESTRICT\fR variable.
+Do \fBNOT\fR use \fIlmirror\fR for clients that need to override \fBRESTRICT\fR
+when fetching from a local mirror, but instead use a "local" mirror setting
+in \fI/etc/portage/mirrors\fR, as described in \fBportage\fR(5).
.TP
.B metadata\-transfer
Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.