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-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.54
-rw-r--r--man/portage.55
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index d110b3acd..540a15e4b 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.SH "NAME"
make.conf \- custom settings for Portage
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.B /etc/make.conf
+\fB/etc/make.conf\fR and \fB/etc/portage/make.conf\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This file contains various variables that are used by Portage.
Portage will check the currently\-defined environment variables
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ Saleem Abdulrasool <compnerd@gentoo.org>
.fi
.SH "FILES"
.TP
-.B /etc/make.conf
+\fB/etc/make.conf\fR and \fB/etc/portage/make.conf\fR
Contains variables for the build\-process and overwrites those in make.defaults.
.TP
.B /etc/make.globals
diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index c3e8d8655..d13eee524 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ virtuals
bashrc
categories
color.map
+make.conf
mirrors
modules
package.keywords
@@ -437,6 +438,10 @@ media\-other
.BR color.map
Contains variables customizing colors. See \fBcolor.map\fR(5).
.TP
+.BR make.conf
+The global custom settings for Portage. See \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
+If present, this file will override settings from /etc/make.conf.
+.TP
.BR mirrors
Whenever portage encounters a mirror:// style URI it will look up the actual
hosts here. If the mirror set is not found here, it will check the global