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authorArfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@Apache.Org>2014-01-06 19:21:11 +0100
committerArfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@Apache.Org>2014-01-06 19:21:11 +0100
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parentUpdate the release notes for a release. (diff)
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Delete some references to deprecated PORTDIR and PORTDIR_OVERLAY variables in documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/portage.5')
-rw-r--r--man/portage.535
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index bfe4af87b..ad801ba59 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Dec 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "PORTAGE" "5" "Jan 2014" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH NAME
portage \- the heart of Gentoo
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ configuration files and command line arguments for programs such as
Atoms with repository constraints have a '::' separator appended to the
right side, followed by a repository name. Each repository name should
correspond to 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 that is configured in \fBrepos.conf\fR file.
.I Examples:
.nf
@@ -224,8 +223,8 @@ portage-2.1.6.7, and it is not included in PMS at this time.
.I Example:
.nf
-${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.mask/removals
-${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.mask/testing
+${repository_location}/profiles/package.mask/removals
+${repository_location}/profiles/package.mask/testing
.fi
.RS
.TP
@@ -550,9 +549,8 @@ any other bash script.
Additional package-specific bashrc files can be created in /etc/portage/env.
.TP
.BR categories
-A simple list of valid categories that may be used in /usr/portage,
-PORTDIR_OVERLAY, and PKGDIR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). This allows for custom
-categories to be created.
+A simple list of valid categories that may be used in repositories and PKGDIR
+(see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)). This allows for custom categories to be created.
.I Format:
.nf
@@ -611,7 +609,7 @@ After changing the portdbapi.auxdbmodule setting, it may be necessary to
transfer or regenerate metadata cache. Users of the rsync tree need to
run `emerge \-\-metadata` if they have enabled FEATURES="metadata-transfer"
in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). In order to regenerate metadata for repositories
-listed in \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR or a cvs tree, run `emerge \-\-regen`
+not distributing pregenerated metadata cache, run `emerge \-\-regen`
(see \fBemerge\fR(1)). If you use something like the sqlite module and want
to keep all metadata in that format alone (useful for querying), enable
FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
@@ -859,7 +857,7 @@ Specifies CVS repository.
.B sync\-type
Specifies type of synchronization performed by `emerge \-\-sync`.
.br
-Valid non-empty values: cvs, git, rsync
+Valid non\-empty values: cvs, git, rsync
.br
This attribute can be set to empty value to disable synchronization of given
repository. Empty value is default.
@@ -1009,12 +1007,13 @@ List of EAPIs which are not allowed in this repo.
List of EAPIs which are allowed but generate warnings when used.
.TP
.BR masters
-Names of repositories which satisfy dependencies on eclasses and/or ebuilds. Each
-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.
+Names of repositories which satisfy dependencies on eclasses and from which
+settings specified in various repository\-level files (\fBpackage.mask\fR,
+\fBpackage.use.mask\fR, \fBuse.mask\fR etc.) are inherited. Each repository
+name should correspond to the value of a \fBrepo_name\fR entry from one of
+the repositories that is configured in \fBrepos.conf\fR file. Repositories
+listed toward the right of the \fBmasters\fR list take precedence over those
+listed toward the left of the list.
.TP
.BR repo\-name " = <value of profiles/repo_name>"
The name of this repository (overrides profiles/repo_name if it exists).
@@ -1131,8 +1130,8 @@ sparc
.fi
.TP
.BR categories
-A simple list of valid categories that may be used in /usr/portage,
-PORTDIR_OVERLAY, and PKGDIR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)).
+A simple list of valid categories that may be used in repositories and PKGDIR
+(see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)).
.I Format:
.nf