-.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Aug 2012" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Jan 2014" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH "NAME"
make.conf \- custom settings for Portage
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fB/etc/make.conf\fR and \fB/etc/portage/make.conf\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-This file contains various variables that are used by Portage.
+
+This file contains various variables that are used by Portage. The file has a
+newline\-delimited list of \fI<key>=<value>\fR pairs (see the default file for
+examples) which are accessible from the environment of ebuilds. It supports
+simple shell\-like expansion of the form \fIvar="${var}"\fR, the source
+keyword and variable substitution, but not some of the more advanced BASH
+features like arrays and special parameter expansions. For more details, see
+the Simple lexical analysis documentation:
+\fLhttp://docs.python.org/3/library/shlex.html\fR. Note that if you source
+files, they need to be in the same shlex syntax for portage to read them.
+.br
Portage will check the currently\-defined environment variables
first for any settings. If no environment settings are found,
Portage then checks the make.conf files. Both /etc/make.conf and
\fBACCEPT_KEYWORDS\fR = \fI[space delimited list of KEYWORDS]\fR
Enable testing of ebuilds that have not yet been deemed 'stable'. Users
of the 'x86' architecture would set this to '~x86' while ppc users would
-set this to '~ppc'. This is an incremental variable. Only define a
+set this to '~ppc'. This is an incremental variable. Only define a
~arch.
.br
Defaults to the value of $ARCH.
.br
.I Examples:
.nf
-# Accept any license
-ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
-# Accept any license except the "public-domain" license
-ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -public-domain"
-# Only accept licenses in the FSF-APPROVED license group
-ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FSF-APPROVED"
+# Only accept licenses in the FREE license group (i.e. Free Software)
+ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE"
+# As before, but exclude the "Artistic" license
+ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE -Artistic"
+# Accept any license except those in the EULA license group (default)
+ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
.fi
.TP
\fBACCEPT_PROPERTIES\fR = \fI[space delimited list of properties]\fR
In addition to property names, the \fI*\fR and \fI-*\fR wildcard tokens are
also supported. This variable can be temporarily overridden using the
\fB\-\-accept\-properties\fR option of \fBemerge\fR(1).
-See \fBebuild\fR(5) for more information about PROPERTIES.
+See \fBebuild\fR(5) for more information about PROPERTIES.
.br
Defaults to the value of *.
.br
ACCEPT_PROPERTIES="* -interactive"
.fi
.TP
+\fBACCEPT_RESTRICT\fR = \fI[space delimited list of RESTRICT tokens]\fR
+This variable is used to mask packages based on RESTRICT tokens.
+In addition to RESTRICT tokens, the \fI*\fR and \fI-*\fR wildcard tokens are
+also supported. This variable can be temporarily overridden using the
+\fB\-\-accept\-restrict\fR option of \fBemerge\fR(1).
+See \fBebuild\fR(5) for more information about RESTRICT.
+.br
+Defaults to the value of *.
+.br
+.I Examples:
+.nf
+# Accept any restrict tokens
+ACCEPT_RESTRICT="*"
+# Accept any tokens except "bindist"
+ACCEPT_RESTRICT="* -bindist"
+.fi
+.TP
.B CBUILD
This variable is passed by the \fIebuild scripts\fR to the \fIconfigure\fR
as \fI\-\-build=${CBUILD}\fR only if it is defined. Do not set this yourself
Defaults to /var/tmp/ccache
.TP
\fBCCACHE_SIZE\fR = \fI"size"\fR
-This controls the space use limitations for ccache. The default is 2 gigabytes
+This controls the space use limitations for ccache. The default is 2 gigabytes
('2G'). Sizes are specified with 'G', 'M', or 'K'.
.TP
.B CFLAGS CXXFLAGS
Defaults to "/lib/modules/* *.py[co]".
.TP
\fBCONFIG_PROTECT\fR = \fI[space delimited list of files and/or directories]\fR
-All files and/or directories that are defined here will have "config file protection"
-enabled for them. See the \fBCONFIGURATION FILES\fR section
+All files and/or directories that are defined here will have "config file
+protection" enabled for them. See the \fBCONFIGURATION FILES\fR section
of \fBemerge\fR(1) for more information.
.TP
-\fBCONFIG_PROTECT_MASK\fR = \fI[space delimited list of files and/or directories]\fR
-All files and/or directories that are defined here will have "config file protection"
-disabled for them. See the \fBCONFIGURATION FILES\fR section
+\fBCONFIG_PROTECT_MASK\fR = \fI[space delimited list of files and/or \
+directories]\fR
+All files and/or directories that are defined here will have "config file
+protection" disabled for them. See the \fBCONFIGURATION FILES\fR section
of \fBemerge\fR(1) for more information.
.TP
.B CTARGET
.br
Defaults to /usr/portage/distfiles.
.TP
+.B DCO_SIGNED_OFF_BY
+This variable may contain a name and email address which will be used by
+\fBrepoman\fR(1) to add a Signed\-off\-by line to each commit message.
+.TP
.B DOC_SYMLINKS_DIR
If this variable contains a directory then symlinks to html documentation will
be installed into it.
informational messages. This variable is unset by default.
.TP
.B EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS
-Options to append to the end of the \fBemerge\fR(1) command line on every invocation.
-These options will not be appended to the command line if \-\-ignore\-default\-opts
-is specified.
+Options to append to the end of the \fBemerge\fR(1) command line on every
+invocation. These options will not be appended to the command line if
+\-\-ignore\-default\-opts is specified.
.TP
.B EMERGE_LOG_DIR
Controls the location of emerge.log and emerge-fetch.log.
.RS
.TP
.B assume\-digests
-When commiting work to cvs with \fBrepoman\fR(1), assume that all existing
+When commiting work to cvs with \fBrepoman\fR(1), assume that all existing
SRC_URI digests are correct. This feature also affects digest generation via
\fBebuild\fR(1) and \fBemerge\fR(1) (emerge generates digests only when the
\fIdigest\fR feature is enabled). Existing digests for files that do not exist
dependencies.
.TP
.B ccache
-Enable portage support for the ccache package. If the ccache dir is not
-present in the user's environment, then portage will default to
+Enable portage support for the ccache package. If the ccache dir is not
+present in the user's environment, then portage will default to
${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/ccache.
\fBWarning\fR: This feature is known to cause numerous compilation failures.
with ccache disabled before reporting a bug. Unless you are doing development
work, do not enable ccache.
.TP
+.B cgroup
+Use Linux control group to control processes spawned by ebuilds. This allows
+emerge to safely kill all subprocesses when ebuild phase exits.
+.TP
.B clean\-logs
Enable automatic execution of the command specified by the
PORT_LOGDIR_CLEAN variable. The default PORT_LOGDIR_CLEAN setting will
This feature is intended for Gentoo binhosts using certain webservers
(such as, but not limited to, Nginx with gzip_static module) to avoid
redundant on\-the\-fly compression. The resulting file will be called
-'Packages.gz' and its modification time will match that of 'Packages'.
+\[aq]Packages.gz' and its modification time will match that of 'Packages'.
.TP
.B config\-protect\-if\-modified
This causes the \fBCONFIG_PROTECT\fR behavior to be skipped for files
\fIfail\-clean\fR feature to be automatically disabled.
.TP
.B getbinpkg
-Force emerges to always try to fetch files from the \fIPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR. See
+Force emerges to always try to fetch files from the \fIPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR. See
\fBmake.conf\fR(5) for more information.
.TP
.B installsources
compatibility with the prefix branch of portage, which also supports EPREFIX
for all EAPIs (for obvious reasons).
.TP
+.B ipc\-sandbox
+Isolate the ebuild phase functions from host IPC namespace. Supported
+only on Linux. Requires network namespace support in kernel.
+.TP
.B lmirror
When \fImirror\fR is enabled in \fBFEATURES\fR, fetch files even
when \fImirror\fR is also in the \fBebuild\fR(5) \fBRESTRICT\fR variable.
when fetching from a local mirror, but instead use a "local" mirror setting
in \fI/etc/portage/mirrors\fR, as described in \fBportage\fR(5).
.TP
+.B merge\-sync
+After a package is merged or unmerged, sync relevant files to
+disk in order to avoid data\-loss in the event of a power failure.
+This feature is enabled by default.
+.TP
.B metadata\-transfer
Automatically perform a metadata transfer when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.
In versions of portage >=2.1.5, this feature is disabled by
default. When metadata\-transfer is disabled, metadata cache from the
-${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ directory will be used directly (if available)
-and eclasses in ${PORTDIR}/eclass/ must not be modified except by
-`emerge \-\-sync` operations since the cache validation mechanism
-will not recognize eclass modifications. Normally, this issue only
-pertains to users of the rsync tree since the cvs tree does not contain
-a metadata/cache/ directory. Users of the rsync tree who want to modify
-eclasses should use \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR in order for the cache
-validation mechanism to work correctly.
+${repository_location}/metadata/md5\-cache/ directory will be used directly
+(if available).
.TP
.B mirror
Fetch everything in \fBSRC_URI\fR regardless of \fBUSE\fR settings,
portage feature called \fImultilib\-strict\fR. It will prevent emerge
from putting 64bit libraries into anything other than (/usr)/lib64.
.TP
+.B network\-sandbox
+Isolate the ebuild phase functions from host network interfaces.
+Supported only on Linux. Requires network namespace support in kernel.
+.TP
.B news
Enable GLEP 42 news support. See
\fIhttp://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0042.html\fR.
.TP
.B noauto
-When utilizing \fBebuild\fR(1), only run the function requested.
+When utilizing \fBebuild\fR(1), only run the function requested. Also, forces
+the corresponding ebuild and eclasses to be sourced again for each phase, in
+order to account for modifications.
.TP
.B noclean
Do not delete the the source and temporary files after the merge process.
.B preserve\-libs
Preserve libraries when the sonames change during upgrade or downgrade.
Libraries are preserved only if consumers of those libraries are detected.
+Preserved libraries are automatically removed when there are no remaining
+consumers. Run `emerge @preserved\-rebuild` in order to rebuild all
+consumers of preserved libraries.
.TP
.B protect\-owned
This is identical to the \fIcollision\-protect\fR feature except that files
since otherwise file collisions between packages may result in files being
overwritten or uninstalled at inappropriate times.
If \fIcollision\-protect\fR is enabled then it takes precedence over
-\fIprotect\-owned\fR.
+\fIprotect\-owned\fR.
.TP
.B python\-trace
-Output a verbose trace of python execution to stderr when a command's
+Output a verbose trace of python execution to stderr when a command's
\-\-debug option is enabled.
.TP
.B sandbox
Enable SELinux sandbox\-ing. Do not toggle this \fBFEATURE\fR yourself.
.TP
.B sfperms
-Stands for Smart Filesystem Permissions. Before merging packages to the
-live filesystem, automatically search for and set permissions on setuid
-and setgid files. Files that are setuid have the group and other read
-bits removed while files that are setgid have the other read bit removed.
+Stands for Smart Filesystem Permissions. Before merging packages to the
+live filesystem, automatically search for and set permissions on setuid
+and setgid files. Files that are setuid have the group and other read
+bits removed while files that are setgid have the other read bit removed.
See also \fIsuidctl\fR below.
.TP
.B sign
-When commiting work to cvs with \fBrepoman\fR(1), sign the Manifest with
-a GPG key. Read about the \fIPORTAGE_GPG_KEY\fR variable in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
+When commiting work to cvs with \fBrepoman\fR(1), sign the Manifest with
+a GPG key. Read about the \fIPORTAGE_GPG_KEY\fR variable in
+\fBmake.conf\fR(5).
.TP
.B skiprocheck
Skip write access checks on \fBDISTDIR\fR when fetching files. This is
Store logs created by \fBPORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"\fR in category
subdirectories of \fBPORT_LOGDIR/elog\fR, instead of using
\fBPORT_LOGDIR/elog\fR directly.
-.TP
+.TP
.B split\-log
Store build logs in category subdirectories of \fBPORT_LOGDIR/build\fR,
instead of using \fBPORT_LOGDIR\fR directly.
.TP
.B splitdebug
-Prior to stripping ELF etdyn and etexec files, the debugging info is
+Prior to stripping ELF etdyn and etexec files, the debugging info is
stored for later use by various debuggers. This feature is disabled by
\fBnostrip\fR. You should also consider setting \fBcompressdebug\fR so
the files don't suck up a lot of space. For installation of source code,
see \fBinstallsources\fR.
.TP
.B strict
-Have portage react strongly to conditions that have the potential to be
+Have portage react strongly to conditions that have the potential to be
dangerous (like missing or incorrect digests for ebuilds).
.TP
.B stricter
the \fIQA_STRICT_*\fR variables in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
.TP
.B suidctl
-Before merging packages to the live filesystem, automatically strip setuid
+Before merging packages to the live filesystem, automatically strip setuid
bits from any file that is not listed in \fI/etc/portage/suidctl.conf\fR.
.TP
.B test
-Run package\-specific tests during each merge to help make sure
-the package compiled properly. See \fItest\fR in \fBebuild\fR(1)
+Run package\-specific tests during each merge to help make sure
+the package compiled properly. See \fItest\fR in \fBebuild\fR(1)
and \fIsrc_test()\fR in \fBebuild\fR(5). This feature implies the "test"
-\fBUSE\fR flag.
+\fBUSE\fR flag if it is a member of \fBIUSE\fR, either explicitly or
+implicitly (see \fBebuild\fR(5) for more information about \fBIUSE\fR).
+The "test" \fBUSE\fR flag is also automatically disabled when the
+"test" feature is disabled.
.TP
.B test\-fail\-continue
If "test" is enabled \fBFEATURES\fR and the test phase of an ebuild fails,
fetching of package sources.
.TP
.B userpriv
-Allow portage to drop root privileges and compile packages as
+Allow portage to drop root privileges and compile packages as
portage:portage without a sandbox (unless \fIusersandbox\fR is also used).
.TP
.B usersandbox
-Enable the sandbox in the compile phase, when running without root privs (\fIuserpriv\fR).
+Enable the sandbox in the compile phase, when running without root privs
+(\fIuserpriv\fR).
.TP
.B usersync
-Drop privileges to the owner of \fBPORTDIR\fR for \fBemerge(1) --sync\fR
-operations.
+Drop privileges to the owner of ${repository_location} for \fBemerge(1) --sync\fR
+operations. Note that this feature assumes that all subdirectories of
+${repository_location} have the same ownership as ${repository_location} 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.
.TP
.B xattr
Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing
-files (see \fBattr\fR(1)).
+files (see \fBattr\fR(1)). The \fBPORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE\fR variable may be
+used to exclude specific attributes from being preserved.
.RE
.TP
.B FETCHCOMMAND
variable that have no protocol and simply start with a '/' path separator may
be used to specify mounted filesystem mirrors.
.TP
-\fBhttp_proxy ftp_proxy\fR = \fI[protocol://host:port]\fR
-These vars are used if the sources must be downloaded from the
-internet by \fBwget\fR(1). They are only required if you use a
+\fBhttp_proxy ftp_proxy RSYNC_PROXY\fR = \fI[protocol://host:port]\fR
+These variables are used by network clients such as \fBwget\fR(1) and
+\fBrsync\fR(1). They are only required if you use a
proxy server for internet access.
.TP
\fBINSTALL_MASK\fR = \fI[space delimited list of file names]\fR
.TP
.B MAKEOPTS
Use this variable if you want to use parallel make. For example, if you
-have a dual\-processor system, set this variable to "\-j2" or "\-j3" for
+have a dual\-processor system, set this variable to "\-j2" or "\-j3" for
enhanced build performance with many packages. Suggested settings are
between \fICPUs+1\fR and \fI2*CPUs+1\fR. In order to avoid
excess load, the \fB\-\-load\-average\fR option is recommended.
This variable defines the directory in which per\-ebuild logs are kept.
Logs are created only when this is set. They are stored as
${CATEGORY}:${PF}:YYYYMMDD\-HHMMSS.log in the directory specified. If the
-directory 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.
+directory 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
.B PORT_LOGDIR_CLEAN
This variable should contain a command for portage to call in order
\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR = \fI[space delimited URI list]\fR
This is a list of hosts from which portage will grab prebuilt\-binary packages.
Each entry in the list must specify the full address of a directory
-serving tbz2's for your system. This is only used when running with
-the get binary pkg options are given to \fBemerge\fR. Review \fBemerge\fR(1)
-for more information. For versions of portage less that 2.1.6, this variable
-should point to the 'All' directory on the host that creates the binary
-packages and not to the root of the \fBPKGDIR\fR. Starting with portage 2.1.6,
-it should point to a directory containing a 'Packages' index file. If
-${PORTAGE_BINHOST}/Packages does not exist then portage will attempt to use
-the older protocol.
-.TP
-\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST_HEADER_URI\fR = \fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp/"\fR
+serving tbz2's for your system (this directory must contain a 'Packages' index
+file). This is only used when running with
+the get binary pkg options are given to \fBemerge\fR. Review \fBemerge\fR(1)
+for more information.
+.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST_HEADER_URI\fR = \
+\fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp/"\fR
This variable only makes sense on a system that will serve as a binhost and
build packages for clients. It defines the URI header field for the package
index file which is located at ${PKGDIR}/Packages. Clients that have
This variable contains options to be passed to the tar command for creation
of binary packages.
.TP
+.B PORTAGE_BINPKG_FORMAT
+This variable sets default format used for binary packages. Possible values
+are tar and rpm or both.
+.TP
\fBPORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND\fR = \fI[bunzip2 command string]\fR
This variable should contain a command that is suitable for portage to call
for bunzip2 extraction operations.
Defaults to no value.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS\fR = \fI[rsync options string]\fR
-Default rsync options to be used by \fBemerge \-\-sync\fR.
+Default rsync options to be used by \fBemerge \-\-sync\fR.
.br
\fBDon't change this unless you know exactly what you're doing!\fR
.br
.br
Defaults to -1.
.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_SSH_OPTS\fR = \fI[list of ssh options]\fR
+Additional ssh options to be used when portage executes ssh or sftp.
+This variable supports use of embedded quote characters to quote
+whitespace or special shell characters within arguments (embedded
+quotes must be escaped in make.conf settings).
+.br
+Defaults to no value.
+.TP
\fBPORTAGE_SYNC_STALE\fR = \fI[NUMBER]\fR
Defines the number of days after the last `emerge \-\-sync` that a warning
message should be produced. A value of 0 will disable warnings.
.br
Defaults to /var/tmp.
-This should not be set to point anywhere under the directory tree
-specified by \fBPORTDIR\fR (/usr/portage by default).
+This should not be set to point anywhere under location of any repository.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_USERNAME\fR = \fI[user]\fR
Defines the username to use when executing in userpriv/etc... modes (i.e.
\fBPORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE\fR = \fI"0700"\fR
This variable controls permissions for \fIWORKDIR\fR (see \fBebuild\fR(5)).
.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE\fR = \fI[space delimited list of fnmatch patterns]\fR
+This variable may be used to exclude specific attributes from being preserved
+when \fBxattr\fR is in \fBFEATURES\fR.
+.br
+Defaults to "security.*" (security labels are special, see bug #461868).
+.TP
\fBPORTDIR\fR = \fI[path]\fR
-Defines the location of the Portage tree. This is the repository for all
-profile information as well as all ebuilds. If you change this, you must update
+Defines the location of main repository. This variable is deprecated in favor of
+settings in \fBrepos.conf\fR. If you change this, you must update
your /etc/portage/make.profile symlink accordingly.
.br
-Defaults to /usr/portage.
+Defaults to /usr/portage.
.br
\fB***Warning***\fR
.br
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. You should not
-put other data (such as overlays) in your \fBPORTDIR\fB. Portage will walk
+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 arbitrarily 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
-overwriten when `emerge \-\-sync` is run. This is a space delimited list of
+Defines the locations of other repositories. This variable is deprecated in
+favor of settings in \fBrepos.conf\fR. This variable is a space\-delimited list of
directories.
.br
Defaults to no value.
Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_FLAGS_IGNORED\fR override
settings from ebuilds. See also \fBebuild\fR(5).
.TP
-\fBQA_STRICT_DT_HASH = \fI"set"\fR
-Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_DT_HASH\fR override
-settings from ebuilds. This variable is deprecated. Use
-\fIQA_STRICT_FLAGS_IGNORED\fR instead.
+\fBQA_STRICT_MULTILIB_PATHS = \fI"set"\fR
+Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_MULTILIB_PATHS\fR override
+settings from ebuilds. See also \fBebuild\fR(5).
.TP
\fBQA_STRICT_PRESTRIPPED = \fI"set"\fR
Set this to cause portage to ignore any \fIQA_PRESTRIPPED\fR override
\\${DISTDIR}/\\${FILE}.
.TP
\fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
-Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for merging
-packages or ebuilds. All \fBRDEPEND\fR and \fBPDEPEND\fR will be installed
-into \fBROOT\fR while all \fBDEPEND\fR will be still be installed into /.
-Typically, you should set this setting in the environment rather than in
-\fI/etc/make.conf\fR itself. It's commonly used for creating new build
-images. Make sure you use an absolute path.
+Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for merging
+packages or ebuilds.
+Typically, you should set this setting in the environment rather than in
+\fImake.conf\fR itself. It's commonly used for creating new build
+images. Make sure you use an absolute path. Refer to the
+\fBCross-compilation\fR section of \fBebuild\fR(5) for information about
+how dependencies are handled for \fBROOT\fR.
.br
Defaults to /.
.TP
\fBRPMDIR\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Defines the location where created RPM packages will be stored.
.br
-Defaults to ${PORTDIR}/rpm.
+Defaults to /usr/portage/rpm.
.TP
\fBSYNC\fR = \fI[RSYNC]\fR
Insert your preferred rsync mirror here. This rsync server
is used to sync the local portage tree when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.
-.br
+
+Note that the \fBSYNC\fR variable is now deprecated, and instead the
+sync\-type and sync\-uri attributes in repos.conf should be used. See
+\fBportage\fR(5) for more information.
+
Defaults to rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo\-portage
+.RS
+.TP
+.B Usage:
+(rsync|ssh)://[username@]hostname[:port]/(module|path)
+.TP
+.B Examples:
+rsync://private\-mirror.com/portage\-module
+.br
+rsync://rsync\-user@private\-mirror.com:873/gentoo\-portage
+.br
+ssh://ssh\-user@192.168.0.1:22/usr/portage
+.br
+ssh://ssh\-user@192.168.0.1:22/\\${HOME}/portage\-storage
+.TP
+Note: For the ssh:// scheme, key\-based authentication might be of interest.
+.RE
.TP
\fBUNINSTALL_IGNORE\fR = \fI[space delimited list of fnmatch patterns]\fR
This variable prevents uninstallation of files that match
packages. More information in \fBebuild\fR(5). Possible USE values
can be found in \fI/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc\fR.
.TP
-\fBUSE_EXPAND\fR = \fI[space delimited list of variable names]\fR
-Any variable listed here will be used to augment USE by inserting a new flag
-for every value in that variable, so USE_EXPAND="FOO" and FOO="bar bla" results
-in USE="foo_bar foo_bla".
-.TP
-\fBUSE_EXPAND_HIDDEN\fR = \fI[space delimited list of variable names]\fR
-Names of \fBUSE_EXPAND\fR variables that should not be shown in the verbose merge
-list output of the \fBemerge\fR(1) command.
-.TP
\fBUSE_ORDER\fR = \fI"env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:repo:env.d"\fR
Determines the precedence of layers in the incremental stacking of the USE
variable. Precedence decreases from left to right such that env overrides
Nicholas Jones <carpaski@gentoo.org>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Saleem Abdulrasool <compnerd@gentoo.org>
+Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <arfrever@apache.org>
.fi
.SH "FILES"
.TP
\fB/etc/make.conf\fR and \fB/etc/portage/make.conf\fR
-Contains variables for the build\-process and overwrites those in make.defaults.
+Contains variables for the build\-process and overwrites those in
+make.defaults.
.TP
.B /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals
-Contains the default variables for the build\-process, you should edit \fI/etc/make.conf\fR instead.
+Contains the default variables for the build\-process, you should edit
+\fI/etc/portage/make.conf\fR instead.
.TP
.B /etc/portage/color.map
Contains variables customizing colors.
.BR ebuild (1),
.BR ebuild (5)
.TP
-The \fI/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh\fR script.
+The \fI/usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh\fR script.
.TP
The helper apps in \fI/usr/lib/portage/bin\fR.
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