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diff --git a/man/egencache.1 b/man/egencache.1 index bc5db6729..57a509d6e 100644 --- a/man/egencache.1 +++ b/man/egencache.1 @@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ contains will be added to the beginning of the command line on every invocation. These options will not be added if the \fB\-\-ignore-default\-opts\fR option is specified. .SH "BUGS" -There are significant limitations associated with the metadata -cache format that is distributed in the \fImetadata/cache/\fR directory -of the repository. These limitations are related to the cache validation -mechanism. Currently, the validation mechanism involves comparison of +Prior to portage-2.1.11.32, the 'pms' cache format was enabled by default. +This 'pms' format, which is distributed in the \fImetadata/cache/\fR +directory of the repository, has significant limitations related to the +cache validation mechanism which involves comparison of a cache entry mtime to the mtime of the corresponding \fBebuild(5)\fR. This mechanism is unreliable in cases when eclass changes result in metadata changes, since no information about eclass state is available in the cache. @@ -123,11 +123,21 @@ implemented in \fBemerge\fR(1) \fB\-\-sync\fR which updates ebuild mtimes to match their corresponding cache entries (except for ebuilds that are modified relative to HEAD). -In order to solve the above problems, a future extension -to the cache format will include additional -validation data in the form of digests for both the ebuild -and its inherited eclasses. Until the -cache format has been extended in this way, it is necessary to enable +In order to solve the above problems, the newer 'md5-dict' format has been +enabled by default since portage-2.1.11.32. This format is distributed in +the \fImetadata/md5-cache/\fR directory of the repository, and includes +additional validation data in the form of digests for both the ebuild +and its inherited eclasses. \fBWARNING:\fR Portage versions prior to +portage-2.1.11.14 will \fBNOT\fR recognize the 'md5-dict' format unless it is +explicitly listed in \fImetadata/layout.conf\fR (refer to \fBportage\fR(5) +for example usage). + +\fBWARNING:\fR For backward compatibility, the obsolete 'pms' cache format +will still be generated by default if the \fImetadata/cache/\fR directory +exists in the repository. It can also be explicitly enabled via the +cache\-formats setting in \fImetadata/layout.conf\fR (refer to \fBportage\fR(5) +for example usage). If the 'pms' cache format is enabled and the 'md5-dict' +format is not enabled, then it is necessary to enable \fBmetadata-transfer\fR in \fBFEATURES\fR (see \fBmake.conf(5)\fR). This causes intermediate cache (in a different format that includes eclass state) to be generated inside the directory which is configurable |