From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 19:01:48 +0000 (-0000) Subject: For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused... X-Git-Tag: v2.1.2.8~19 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f68b262be64807c05983f12f48e14edee1a1e744;p=portage.git For bug #177763, clarify about how FEATURES=keepwork allows ${WORKDDIR} to be reused. (trunk r6518:6519) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=6520 --- diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 332356072..db3cafbb6 100644 --- 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.