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| author |   Martin von Gagern <Martin.vGagern@gmx.net> | 2011-10-26 14:59:14 -0700 |
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| committer |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-10-26 14:59:14 -0700 |
| commit | 7dd07ac115fd787d34b79d626644c1feb3291e4b (patch) | |
| tree | 90522c0a7a6de82cc168088a6fb3ca87d136125f /man | |
| parent | Bug #388615 - optimize FEATURES=prelink-checksums (diff) | |
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man/make.conf.5: elaborate on prelink-checksums
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index a2221cf45..23d5e2ba7 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ before computing checksums for merge and unmerge. This feature is useful only if \fBprelink\fR(8) is installed and accurate checksums (despite prelinking) are needed for some reason such as for checking the integrity of installed files or because the \fIunmerge\-orphans\fR feature is disabled. + +Note that normal emerging of packages from source computes the +checksums before things will be prelinked, so in such cases, this +feature isn't required either. Undoing prelinking while merging is +only required when using tools like \fBquickpkg\fR(1) which can cause +already prelinked files to be merged. .TP .B preserve\-libs Preserve libraries when the sonames change during upgrade or downgrade. |