For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused...

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=6520

diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 3323560720f4979bfbc907a723c7ee2967e90238..db3cafbb6a0b6fb7250a55df5d52d3c73c4c28b8 100644 (file)
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ is set to include debug information (such as with the \-ggdb flag).
 Do not delete the ${T} directory after the merge process.
 .TP
 .B keepwork
-Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process.
+Do not delete the ${WORKDIR} directory after the merge process. ${WORKDIR} can
+then be reused since this feature disables most of the clean phase that runs
+prior to each build. Due to lack of proper cleanup, this feature can
+interfere with normal emerge operation and therefore it should not be left
+enabled for more than a short period of time.
 .TP
 .B metadata\-transfer
 Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.