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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 909dfad34..bed88d6a7 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ make.conf \- custom settings for Portage This file contains various variables that are used by Portage. Portage will check the currently\-defined environment variables first for any settings. If no environment settings are found, -Portage then checks /etc/make.conf. If no setting is found -in make.conf, Portage checks make.globals. If no +Portage then checks the make.conf files. Both /etc/make.conf and +/etc/portage/make.conf are checked (if present), and settings from +/etc/portage/make.conf will override settings from /etc/make.conf. +If no setting is found in the make.conf files, Portage checks +make.globals. If no setting is found there, the profile's default setting is grabbed from /etc/make.profile/make.defaults. Please note that all user -settings should be made in the environment or in /etc/make.conf, -which is intended to be customized by the user. +settings should be made in the environment or in the make.conf +files, which are intended to be customized by the user. .br Exceptions are incremental variables such as USE, CONFIG_PROTECT*, and ACCEPT_KEYWORDS. Incremental variables are propagated down from |