* Refer user to make.conf(5) if PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND fails.

* Document that PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND can be disabled by setting it
  to an empty string.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=11183

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 36db9d5365887e0f38ea1368fdac8aa3643b9424..875060da2dc0ae216ebd50c9075cfbd472ef570d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ This variable should contain a command for portage to call in order
 to adjust the io priority of portage and it's subprocesses. The command
 string should contain a \\${PID} place-holder that will be substituted
 with an integer pid. For more information about ionice, see \fBionice\fR(1).
+Set this variable to an empty string if you do not want portage to call
+ionice.
 .br
 Defaults to "ionice -c 2 -n 7 -p \\${PID}".
 .TP

diff --git a/pym/_emerge/__init__.py b/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
index 6c25bafd3e67e2a4701ed12d22fa837edf9e2f0f..cf43a9efef3b61d42e1dcc820e702422a4f6cc85 100644 (file)
--- a/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/__init__.py
@@ -12868,6 +12868,7 @@ def ionice(settings):
        if rval != os.EX_OK:
                out = portage.output.EOutput()
                out.eerror("PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND returned %d" % (rval,))
+               out.eerror("See the make.conf(5) man page for PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND usage instructions.")
 
 def emerge_main():
        global portage  # NFC why this is necessary now - genone