Document the full-path-to-executable requirement on FETCHCOMMAND and

RESUMECOMMAND as well as the relevant substitution placeholders.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=2417

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 5f5a4b7042c51cd2b2e57262271b5f9534acd349..5e7b4ce1b5b9698f712c0c1cea82f0df30aa9176 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ Enable the sandbox in the compile phase, when running without root privs (\fIuse
 .RE
 .TP
 \fBFETCHCOMMAND\fR
-This variable contains the command used for fetching package\-sources from
-the internet.
+This variable contains the command used for fetching package sources from
+the internet.  It must contain the full path to the executable as well as the
+place-holders \\${DISTDIR} and \\${URI}.
 .TP
 \fBGENTOO_MIRRORS\fR = \fI[URLs]\fR
 Insert your space\-seperated list of local mirrors here.  These
@@ -301,8 +302,9 @@ directories.
 Defaults to no value.
 .TP
 \fBRESUMECOMMAND\fR
-This variable contains the command used for resuming package\-sources that
-have been partially downloaded by the \fBFETCHCOMMAND\fR.
+This variable contains the command used for resuming package sources that
+have been partially downloaded.  It should be defined using the same format
+as \fBFETCHCOMMAND\fR.
 .TP
 \fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
 Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for merging