From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:29:44 +0000 (-0000) Subject: For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused. X-Git-Tag: v2.2_pre1~1435 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=39bb31b53d1d32c78596a080046d2694f998fd37;p=portage.git For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6519 --- diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 6b22daf12..bf0c4cdc4 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -184,9 +184,10 @@ 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. This also -disables most of the clean phase that is run prior to each build. This causes it -to interfere with normal emerge operation and therefore it should not be left +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