From 629b653237f61fbef8b9e0e9f287c49da32a815f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:26:23 +0000 Subject: Update the PORT_LOGDIR docs for bug #82378. Thanks to Arfrever FTA for reporting. (trunk r6810) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=6811 --- cnf/make.conf | 12 ++++++------ man/make.conf.5 | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/cnf/make.conf b/cnf/make.conf index e8ac854e7..15d54da06 100644 --- a/cnf/make.conf +++ b/cnf/make.conf @@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ #PKGDIR=/usr/portage/packages # # PORT_LOGDIR is the location where portage will store all the logs it -# creates from each individual merge. They are stored as NNNN-$PF.log -# in the directory specified. This is disabled until you enable it by -# providing a directory. Permissions will be modified as needed IF the -# directory exists, otherwise logging will be disabled. NNNN is the -# increment at the time the log is created. Logs are thus sequential. -#PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage +# creates from each individual merge. They are stored as +# ${CATEGORY}:${PF}:YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.log in the directory specified. +# If the direcory does not exist, it will be created automatically and +# group permissions will be applied to it. If the directory already +# exists, portage will not modify it's permissions. +#PORT_LOGDIR="" # # PORTDIR_OVERLAY is a directory where local ebuilds may be stored without # concern that they will be deleted by rsync updates. Default is not diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 06fd1c48c..5c211f92e 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -325,7 +325,11 @@ Defaults to /usr/portage/packages. .TP .B PORT_LOGDIR This variable defines the directory in which per\-ebuild logs are kept. -Logs are created only when this is set and writable. +Logs are created only when this is set. They are stored as +${CATEGORY}:${PF}:YYYYMMDD\-HHMMSS.log in the directory specified. If the +direcory does not exist, it will be created automatically and group permissions +will be applied to it. If the directory already exists, portage will not +modify it's permissions. .TP \fBPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR = \fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp"\fR This is the host from which portage will grab prebuilt\-binary packages. -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22