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\fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for merging
-packages or ebuilds. All \fBRDEPEND\fR and \fBPDEPEND\fR will be installed
-into \fBROOT\fR while all \fBDEPEND\fR will be still be installed into /.
+packages or ebuilds.
Typically, you should set this setting in the environment rather than in
\fI/etc/make.conf\fR itself. It's commonly used for creating new build
-images. Make sure you use an absolute path.
+images. Make sure you use an absolute path. Refer to the
+\fBCross-compilation\fR section of \fBebuild\fR(5) for information about
+how dependencies are handled for \fBROOT\fR.
.br
Defaults to /.
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