Bug #220111 - Update the DISTDIR docs to clarify that it's safe to remove

any and all files from this location after packages are built.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=10289

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index d5f316709292ab4e4ed046a4f3b399561dd112b0..2a176373381b7bfbcffd05985ea7d1fe3e42c636 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ This variable is passed by the \fIebuild scripts\fR to the \fIconfigure\fR
 as \fI\-\-target=${CTARGET}\fR only if it is defined.
 .TP
 \fBDISTDIR\fR = \fI[path]\fR
-Defines the location of your local source file repository.  Note
+Defines the location of your local source file repository. After packages
+are built, it is safe to remove any and all files from this directory since
+they will be automatically fetched on demand for a given build. If you would
+like to selectively prune obsolete files from this directory, see
+\fBeclean\fR(1) from the gentoolkit package. Note
 that locations under /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage.
 See the \fBPORTDIR\fR documentation for more information.
 .br