-.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Aug 2012" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Mar 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH "NAME"
make.conf \- custom settings for Portage
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.br
.I Examples:
.nf
-# Accept any license
-ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
-# Accept any license except the "public-domain" license
-ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -public-domain"
-# Only accept licenses in the FSF-APPROVED license group
-ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FSF-APPROVED"
+# Only accept licenses in the FREE license group (i.e. Free Software)
+ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE"
+# As before, but exclude the "Artistic" license
+ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE -Artistic"
+# Accept any license except those in the EULA license group (default)
+ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
.fi
.TP
\fBACCEPT_PROPERTIES\fR = \fI[space delimited list of properties]\fR
This feature is intended for Gentoo binhosts using certain webservers
(such as, but not limited to, Nginx with gzip_static module) to avoid
redundant on\-the\-fly compression. The resulting file will be called
-'Packages.gz' and its modification time will match that of 'Packages'.
+\[aq]Packages.gz' and its modification time will match that of 'Packages'.
.TP
.B config\-protect\-if\-modified
This causes the \fBCONFIG_PROTECT\fR behavior to be skipped for files
when fetching from a local mirror, but instead use a "local" mirror setting
in \fI/etc/portage/mirrors\fR, as described in \fBportage\fR(5).
.TP
+.B merge\-sync
+After a package is merged or unmerged, sync relevant files to
+disk in order to avoid data\-loss in the event of a power failure.
+This feature is enabled by default.
+.TP
.B metadata\-transfer
Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.
In versions of portage >=2.1.5, this feature is disabled by
.B preserve\-libs
Preserve libraries when the sonames change during upgrade or downgrade.
Libraries are preserved only if consumers of those libraries are detected.
+Preserved libraries are automatically removed when there are no remaining
+consumers. Run `emerge @preserved\-rebuild` in order to rebuild all
+consumers of preserved libraries.
.TP
.B protect\-owned
This is identical to the \fIcollision\-protect\fR feature except that files
Run package\-specific tests during each merge to help make sure
the package compiled properly. See \fItest\fR in \fBebuild\fR(1)
and \fIsrc_test()\fR in \fBebuild\fR(5). This feature implies the "test"
-\fBUSE\fR flag.
+\fBUSE\fR flag if it is a member of \fBIUSE\fR, either explicitly or
+implicitly (see \fBebuild\fR(5) for more information about \fBIUSE\fR).
+The "test" \fBUSE\fR flag is also automatically disabled when the
+"test" feature is disabled.
.TP
.B test\-fail\-continue
If "test" is enabled \fBFEATURES\fR and the test phase of an ebuild fails,
.TP
.B xattr
Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing
-files (see \fBattr\fR(1)).
+files (see \fBattr\fR(1)). The \fBPORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE\fR variable may be
+used to exclude specific attributes from being preserved.
.RE
.TP
.B FETCHCOMMAND
\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR = \fI[space delimited URI list]\fR
This is a list of hosts from which portage will grab prebuilt\-binary packages.
Each entry in the list must specify the full address of a directory
-serving tbz2's for your system. This is only used when running with
+serving tbz2's for your system (this directory must contain a 'Packages' index
+file). This is only used when running with
the get binary pkg options are given to \fBemerge\fR. Review \fBemerge\fR(1)
-for more information. For versions of portage less that 2.1.6, this variable
-should point to the 'All' directory on the host that creates the binary
-packages and not to the root of the \fBPKGDIR\fR. Starting with portage 2.1.6,
-it should point to a directory containing a 'Packages' index file. If
-${PORTAGE_BINHOST}/Packages does not exist then portage will attempt to use
-the older protocol.
+for more information.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST_HEADER_URI\fR = \fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp/"\fR
This variable only makes sense on a system that will serve as a binhost and
\fBPORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE\fR = \fI"0700"\fR
This variable controls permissions for \fIWORKDIR\fR (see \fBebuild\fR(5)).
.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE\fR = \fI[space delimited list of fnmatch patterns]\fR
+This variable may be used to exclude specific attributes from being preserved
+when \fBxattr\fR is in \fBFEATURES\fR.
+.br
+Defaults to "security.*" (security labels are special, see bug #461868).
+.TP
\fBPORTDIR\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Defines the location of the Portage tree. This is the repository for all
profile information as well as all ebuilds. If you change this, you must update
Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_FLAGS_IGNORED\fR override
settings from ebuilds. See also \fBebuild\fR(5).
.TP
-\fBQA_STRICT_DT_HASH = \fI"set"\fR
-Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_DT_HASH\fR override
-settings from ebuilds. This variable is deprecated. Use
-\fIQA_STRICT_FLAGS_IGNORED\fR instead.
+\fBQA_STRICT_MULTILIB_PATHS = \fI"set"\fR
+Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_MULTILIB_PATHS\fR override
+settings from ebuilds. See also \fBebuild\fR(5).
.TP
\fBQA_STRICT_PRESTRIPPED = \fI"set"\fR
Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_PRESTRIPPED\fR override
.TP
\fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for merging
-packages or ebuilds. All \fBRDEPEND\fR and \fBPDEPEND\fR will be installed
-into \fBROOT\fR while all \fBDEPEND\fR will be still be installed into /.
+packages or ebuilds.
Typically, you should set this setting in the environment rather than in
-\fI/etc/make.conf\fR itself. It's commonly used for creating new build
-images. Make sure you use an absolute path.
+\fImake.conf\fR itself. It's commonly used for creating new build
+images. Make sure you use an absolute path. Refer to the
+\fBCross-compilation\fR section of \fBebuild\fR(5) for information about
+how dependencies are handled for \fBROOT\fR.
.br
Defaults to /.
.TP
packages. More information in \fBebuild\fR(5). Possible USE values
can be found in \fI/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc\fR.
.TP
-\fBUSE_EXPAND\fR = \fI[space delimited list of variable names]\fR
-Any variable listed here will be used to augment USE by inserting a new flag
-for every value in that variable, so USE_EXPAND="FOO" and FOO="bar bla" results
-in USE="foo_bar foo_bla".
-.TP
-\fBUSE_EXPAND_HIDDEN\fR = \fI[space delimited list of variable names]\fR
-Names of \fBUSE_EXPAND\fR variables that should not be shown in the verbose merge
-list output of the \fBemerge\fR(1) command.
-.TP
\fBUSE_ORDER\fR = \fI"env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:repo:env.d"\fR
Determines the precedence of layers in the incremental stacking of the USE
variable. Precedence decreases from left to right such that env overrides
Contains variables for the build\-process and overwrites those in make.defaults.
.TP
.B /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals
-Contains the default variables for the build\-process, you should edit \fI/etc/make.conf\fR instead.
+Contains the default variables for the build\-process, you should edit \fI/etc/portage/make.conf\fR instead.
.TP
.B /etc/portage/color.map
Contains variables customizing colors.
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