For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6519

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 6b22daf124146dacbf0dfad5d58b3609f135a961..bf0c4cdc41297889f209cdcd05a91542314a0da4 100644 (file)
--- 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