Update the PORT_LOGDIR docs for bug #82378. Thanks to Arfrever FTA for reporting.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6809

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index f3169c3af1cfdb5791d8c07da9c2b1e6d589b00f..8fd59d363674162ac59e75baa6662dfec211f82d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -324,7 +324,11 @@ Defaults to /usr/portage/packages.
 .TP
 .B PORT_LOGDIR
 This variable defines the directory in which per\-ebuild logs are kept.
-Logs are created only when this is set and writable.
+Logs are created only when this is set. They are stored as
+${CATEGORY}:${PF}:YYYYMMDD\-HHMMSS.log in the directory specified. If the
+direcory does not exist, it will be created automatically and group permissions
+will be applied to it.  If the directory already exists, portage will not
+modify it's permissions.
 .TP
 \fBPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR = \fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp/"\fR
 This is the host from which portage will grab prebuilt\-binary packages.