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.TP
.B metadata\-transfer
Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.
-In versions of portage greater than 2.1.5, this feature is disabled by
+In versions of portage >=2.1.5, this feature is disabled by
default. When metadata\-transfer is disabled, metadata cache from the
${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ directory will be used directly (if available)
and eclasses in ${PORTDIR}/eclass/ must not be modified except by