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| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/portage.5 | 21 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index a8476458b..46013fc5c 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ when \fImirror\fR is also in the \fBebuild\fR(5) \fBRESTRICT\fR variable. .TP .B metadata\-transfer Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run. +In versions of portage greater than 2.1.5, this feature is disabled by +default. When metadata\-transfer is disabled, metadata cache from the +${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ directory will be used directly (if available) +and eclasses in ${PORTDIR}/eclass/ must not be modified except by +`emerge \-\-sync` operations since the cache validation mechanism +will not recognize eclass modifications. Normally, this issue only +pertains to users of the rsync tree since the cvs tree does not contain +a metadata/cache/ directory. Users of the rsync tree who want to modify +eclasses should use \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR in order for the cache +validation mechanism to work correctly. .TP .B mirror Fetch everything in \fBSRC_URI\fR regardless of \fBUSE\fR settings, diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 0599c5e09..792491b8e 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -384,18 +384,15 @@ override. .I Example: .nf -portdbapi.auxdbmodule = portage.cache.metadata_overlay.database -.fi - -The metadata_overlay cache module makes it possible to disable -FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). When the user initially -enables metadata_overlay in /etc/portage/modules, all of the cache files -contained in /var/cache/edb/dep/${PORTDIR} must be manually removed in order -to avoid unecessary cache regeneration. In addition, users of the -metadata_overlay module must never modify eclasses in ${PORTDIR} because -portage will not be able to detect that cache regeneration is necessary. If -the user would like to modify eclasses, it is safe to use metadata_overlay -together with PORTDIR_OVERLAY in \fBmake.conf\fR. +portdbapi.auxdbmodule = portage.cache.sqlite.database +.fi + +After changing the portdbapi.auxdbmodule setting, it may be necessary to +transfer or regenerate metadata cache. Users of the rsync tree need to +run `emerge \-\-metadata` if they have enabled FEATURES="metadata-transfer" +in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). In order to regenerate metadata for repositories +listed in \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR or a cvs tree, run `emerge \-\-regen` +(see \fBemerge\fR(1)). .TP .BR package.keywords Per\-package KEYWORDS. Useful for mixing unstable packages in with a normally |