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-rw-r--r--pym/portage/locks.py6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/locks.py b/pym/portage/locks.py
index 05a65644f..c256a5ada 100644
--- a/pym/portage/locks.py
+++ b/pym/portage/locks.py
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ def unlockdir(mylock):
def lockfile(mypath, wantnewlockfile=0, unlinkfile=0,
waiting_msg=None, flags=0):
- """Creates all dirs upto, the given dir. Creates a lockfile
- for the given directory as the file: directoryname+'.portage_lockfile'."""
+ """
+ If wantnewlockfile is True then this creates a lockfile in the parent
+ directory as the file: '.' + basename + '.portage_lockfile'.
+ """
import fcntl
if not mypath: