Bug #276264 - Advise manual removal of the metadata/cache/ direcory when using

eclass-overrides.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=13864

diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 3a70439956a4bcb4317592e05d2cb2a1d23281ef..a5c438612137db1313f52d93279b090ea9242898 100644 (file)
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -558,8 +558,9 @@ are inherently \fBnot\fR \fIsite\-specific\fR. \fBWARNING:\fR Use of
 eclass inheritance (especially due to \fBeclass\-overrides\fR) may trigger
 performance issues under some circumstances (see \fBbug #124041\fR). When
 using \fBeclass\-overrides\fR, due to bug #276264, you must ensure that
-your portage tree does not contain a metadata/cache/. For example, you
-should set PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="\-\-exclude=/metadata/cache" in
+your portage tree does not contain a metadata/cache/ directory. If that
+directory exists then you should remove it entirely, and set
+PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="\-\-exclude=/metadata/cache" in
 make.conf in order to exclude the metadata/cache/ directory during
 \fBemerge\fR(1) \-\-sync operations.