From 39bb31b53d1d32c78596a080046d2694f998fd37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:29:44 +0000 Subject: For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6519 --- man/make.conf.5 | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 6b22daf12..bf0c4cdc4 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -184,9 +184,10 @@ 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. This also -disables most of the clean phase that is run prior to each build. This causes it -to interfere with normal emerge operation and therefore it should not be left +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 -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22