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| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 7 |
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index b8ed47517..61daa90b6 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -908,11 +908,12 @@ be necessary in order to continue a partially downloaded file located at .TP \fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for merging -packages or ebuilds. All \fBRDEPEND\fR and \fBPDEPEND\fR will be installed -into \fBROOT\fR while all \fBDEPEND\fR will be still be installed into /. +packages or ebuilds. Typically, you should set this setting in the environment rather than in \fI/etc/make.conf\fR itself. It's commonly used for creating new build -images. Make sure you use an absolute path. +images. Make sure you use an absolute path. Refer to the +\fBCross-compilation\fR section of \fBebuild\fR(5) for information about +how dependencies are handled for \fBROOT\fR. .br Defaults to /. .TP |