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| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 332356072..db3cafbb6 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ is set to include debug information (such as with the \-ggdb flag). Do not delete the ${T} directory after the merge process. .TP .B keepwork -Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process. +Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process. ${WORKDIR} can +then be reused since this feature disables most of the clean phase that runs +prior to each build. Due to lack of proper cleanup, this feature can +interfere with normal emerge operation and therefore it should not be left +enabled for more than a short period of time. .TP .B metadata\-transfer Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run. |