From 6b2bd7703e5416f33c5d62584d691252884b9382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:55:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note that PORTDIR is a repository of software and that users should not add random directories in it. (trunk r9209) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=9243 --- man/make.conf.5 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 220d045d7..072f24e8e 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ Data stored inside \fBPORTDIR\fR is in peril of being overwritten or deleted by the emerge \-\-sync command. The default value of \fBPORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS\fR will protect the default locations of \fBDISTDIR\fR and \fBPKGDIR\fR, but users are warned that any other locations -inside \fBPORTDIR\fR are not necessarily safe for data storage. +inside \fBPORTDIR\fR are not necessarily safe for data storage. You should not +put other data (such as overlays) in your \fBPORTDIR\fB. Portage will walk +directory structures and may arbitrary add invalid categories as packages. .TP \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR = \fI"[path] [different\-path] [etc...]"\fR Defines the directories in which user made ebuilds may be stored and not -- 2.26.2