From 50cfb263cd65d2f0fc36df9429c9703526392cff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 19:58:47 +0000 Subject: document the behavior of `ebuild` wrt FEATURES=noauto #175444 svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6471 --- man/ebuild.1 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'man/ebuild.1') diff --git a/man/ebuild.1 b/man/ebuild.1 index cdac99e3a..226bdca2b 100644 --- a/man/ebuild.1 +++ b/man/ebuild.1 @@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ bzipped tarball package out of the image, and more. This must be a valid ebuild script. For further information read \fBebuild\fR(5). .SH "COMMANDS" +By default, portage will execute all the functions in order up to the +one actually specified. For example, simply issuing the command \fBcompile\fR +will trigger the functions before it to also be run (such as \fBsetup\fR +and \fBunpack\fR). If you wish to only have the specified command run, then +you should use the \fInoauto\fR option in the \fBFEATURES\fR environment +variable. See the \fBmake.conf\fR(5) man page for more information. + .TP .BR help Shows a condensed form of this man page along with a lot of package -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22