From a820d456a3b419a9064f68475a8c06991c276788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Groffen Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:51:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Merged from trunk 9208:9209 | 9209 | Add a note that PORTDIR is a repository of software and | | WarnerBro | that users should not add random directories in it. | svn path=/main/branches/prefix/; revision=9214 --- 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 871c01bc5..75bc141aa 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -456,7 +456,9 @@ 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