From f104c9f8ac201ce5276b6193a702a26e00437698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 19:47:10 +0000 Subject: Merge from trunk: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10291 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 12:37:31 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 2 lines Add back the warning for DISTDIR about storing stuff inside PORTDIR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10290 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 12:35:26 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 2 lines Sync make.conf.example with make.conf.5 for bug #220111. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10289 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 12:21:28 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 3 lines Bug #220111 - Update the DISTDIR docs to clarify that it's safe to remove any and all files from this location after packages are built. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r10288 | zmedico | 2008-05-11 11:25:35 -0700 (Sun, 11 May 2008) | 2 lines Make the summary more accurate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=10292 --- cnf/make.conf | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'cnf') diff --git a/cnf/make.conf b/cnf/make.conf index d31036727..df7bddc27 100644 --- a/cnf/make.conf +++ b/cnf/make.conf @@ -87,12 +87,13 @@ #PORTDIR=/usr/portage # # DISTDIR is where all of the source code tarballs will be placed for -# emerges. The source code is maintained here unless you delete -# it. The entire repository of tarballs for Gentoo is 9G. This is -# considerably more than any user will ever download. 2-3G is -# a large DISTDIR. Note that locations under /usr/portage are not -# necessarily safe for data storage. See the PORTDIR documentation -# for more information. +# emerges. After packages are built, it is safe to remove any and +# all files from this directory since they will be automatically +# fetched on demand for a given build. If you would like to +# selectively prune obsolete files from this directory, see +# eclean from the gentoolkit package. Note that locations under +# /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage. See the +# PORTDIR documentation for more information. #DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles # # PKGDIR is the location of binary packages that you can have created -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22