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| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 236cbeeb7..161fda337 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -216,8 +216,12 @@ Enable portage support for the ccache package. If the ccache dir is not present in the user's environment, then portage will default to ${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/ccache. -\fBWarning\fR: This feature is known to cause compilation -failure and is not recommended for general use. +\fBWarning\fR: This feature is known to cause numerous compilation failures. +Sometimes ccache will retain stale code objects or corrupted files, which can +lead to packages that cannot be emerged. If this happens (if you receive errors +like "File not recognized: File truncated"), try recompiling the application +with ccache disabled before reporting a bug. Unless you are doing development +work, do not enable ccache. .TP .B collision\-protect A QA\-feature to ensure that a package doesn't overwrite files it doesn't own. |