From bcf12c6f26cf9632c95a478ce7f9ad1175ef8eee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alec Warner Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:18:12 +0000 Subject: Add a note that PORTDIR is a repository of software and that users should not add random directories in it. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=9209 --- man/make.conf.5 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 42182a826..e02bcd9eb 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -456,7 +456,9 @@ Data stored inside \fBPORTDIR\fR is in peril of being overwritten or deleted by the emerge \-\-sync command. The default value of \fBPORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS\fR will protect the default locations of \fBDISTDIR\fR and \fBPKGDIR\fR, but users are warned that any other locations -inside \fBPORTDIR\fR are not necessarily safe for data storage. +inside \fBPORTDIR\fR are not necessarily safe for data storage. You should not +put other data (such as overlays) in your \fBPORTDIR\fB. Portage will walk +directory structures and may arbitrary add invalid categories as packages. .TP \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR = \fI"[path] [different\-path] [etc...]"\fR Defines the directories in which user made ebuilds may be stored and not -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22