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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2022-12-21 01:26:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2022-12-21 01:28:03 +0000 |
| commit | 0fff3fad5d82fb446dde744a42a866a2c1e7988c (patch) | |
| tree | 9fcd032980826e69cdb812479b4ff233a11b4b62 /man | |
| parent | sync: git: only clobber changes if repository is marked as non-volatile (diff) | |
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man/portage.5: expand on volatile configuration option
Suggested-by: Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index c5100940b..a19e14647 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -1266,6 +1266,9 @@ optimizations from occurring by assuming the integrity of the repository and its caches may be violated. Disabling this option allows local changes to be made to the repository for e.g. development safely. For git-synced repositories, Portage will not perform destructive operations. +Per default, repositories are considered volatile if their directory is owned +by either 'root' or 'portage' and if it is under /var/db/repos. Otherwise, +the repository is considered non volatile. .TP .RE |