From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:20:42 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Update the PORT_LOGDIR docs for bug #82378.  Thanks to Arfrever FTA for reporting.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2_pre1~1258
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ea245f885a58fd2f27c39129db766170c8e566ed;p=portage.git

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

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6809
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index f3169c3af..8fd59d363 100644
--- 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.