From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:19:56 +0000 (-0700) Subject: make.conf.5: note usersync reqs for bug #277970 X-Git-Tag: v2.2.0_alpha189~32 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c81306a10124b3a4295528b34dd0393599cd5308;p=portage.git make.conf.5: note usersync reqs for bug #277970 --- diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index adf32bd3a..fcab08dec 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "May 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage" +.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Jul 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage" .SH "NAME" make.conf \- custom settings for Portage .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -583,7 +583,11 @@ Enable the sandbox in the compile phase, when running without root privs (\fIuse .TP .B usersync Drop privileges to the owner of \fBPORTDIR\fR for \fBemerge(1) --sync\fR -operations. +operations. Note that this feature assumes that all subdirectories of +\fBPORTDIR\fR have the same ownership as \fBPORTDIR\fR itself. It is the +user's responsibility to ensure correct ownership, since otherwise portage +would have to waste time validating ownership for each and every sync +operation. .TP .B webrsync-gpg Enable GPG verification when using \fIemerge\-webrsync\fR.