From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:20:32 +0000 (-0000) Subject: Emphasize precedence of repos.conf over layout.conf. (trunk r13371) X-Git-Tag: v2.1.6.12~49 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3030260a178c32490933004e5b2314e986944a1c;p=portage.git Emphasize precedence of repos.conf over layout.conf. (trunk r13371) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=13524 --- diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 03b93d6d6..acce0471b 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -588,9 +588,13 @@ repository name should correspond the value of a \fBrepo_name\fR entry from one of the repositories that is configured via the \fBPORTDIR\fR or \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR variables (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). Repositories listed toward the right of the \fBmasters\fR list take precedence over those listed -toward the left of the list. Site-specific +toward the left of the list. \fISite-specific\fR overrides to \fBlayout.conf\fR settings may be specified in -\fB/etc/portage/repos.conf\fR. +\fB/etc/portage/repos.conf\fR. Settings in \fBrepos.conf\fR take +precedence over settings in \fBlayout.conf\fR, except tools such as +\fBrepoman\fR(1) and \fBegencache\fR(1) will entirely ignore +\fBrepos.conf\fR since their operations are inherently \fBnot\fR +\fIsite\-specific\fR. .I Example: .nf