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-rw-r--r--man/ebuild.17
-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.53
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/ebuild.1 b/man/ebuild.1
index c77637e8e..922c63bef 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.1
+++ b/man/ebuild.1
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ and ebuild exits with an error code of 1.
.BR digest
Creates a digest file for the package in
/usr/portage/[category]/[package]/files/. This digest file lists the
-md5sums of all the files found in the SRC_URI. If the fetched source
-of the package is corrupt/bogus in some way, the md5sum will catch this.
+checksums of all the files found in the SRC_URI. See the \fB\-\-force\fR
+option if you would like to prevent digests from being assumed. For further
+information regarding the behavior of this command, see the documentation for
+the \fIassume\-digests\fR value of the \fBFEATURES\fR variable in
+\fBmake.conf\fR(5).
.TP
.BR manifest
Updates the manifest file for the package. This performs the second half
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 8147ee913..3b6f0861b 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ SRC_URI digests are correct. This feature also affects digest generation via
in ${DISTDIR} will be automatically assumed even when \fIassume\-digests\fR is
not enabled. If a file exists in ${DISTDIR} but it's size does not match the
existing digest, the digest will be regenerated regardless of the whether or
-not \fIassume\-digests\fR is enabled.
+not \fIassume\-digests\fR is enabled. The \fBebuild\fR(1) \fBdigest\fR command
+has a \fB\-\-force\fR option that can be used to force regeneration of digests.
.TP
.B buildpkg
Binary packages will be created for all packages that are merged.