Add some additional notes about the behavior of FEATURES=assume-digests

under various conditions. (trunk r7777)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=7817

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index a78b377fb069ba3c7a04d1a4ca8d967fa2e3bd38..6908a766c0269c02be27a7ec684f27aed04fac32 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ an incremental variable.
 When commiting work to cvs with \fBrepoman\fR(1), assume that all existing 
 SRC_URI digests are correct.  This feature also affects digest generation via
 \fBebuild\fR(1) and \fBemerge\fR(1) (emerge generates digests only when the
-\fIdigest\fR feature is enabled).
+\fIdigest\fR feature is enabled). Existing digests for files that do not exist
+in ${DISTDIR} will be automatically assumed even when \fIassume\-digests\fR is
+not enabled. If a file exists in ${DISTDIR} but it's size does not match the
+existing digest, the digest will be regenerated regardless of the whether or
+not \fIassume\-digests\fR is enabled.
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