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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2013-03-27 01:21:46 -0700
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2013-03-27 01:21:46 -0700
commit655c8668bc561a3b17c5b5490480bd15e611412b (patch)
treed1509ad723ea4504e477160803bb6cceba5f4f19 /man
parent_autounmask_levels: respect keywords, bug #463394 (diff)
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PORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE="security.*", bug #461868
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-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.511
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 42a5b254d..5e35546ae 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Jan 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Mar 2013" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH "NAME"
make.conf \- custom settings for Portage
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ Enable GPG verification when using \fIemerge\-webrsync\fR.
.TP
.B xattr
Preserve extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata) when installing
-files (see \fBattr\fR(1)).
+files (see \fBattr\fR(1)). The \fBPORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE\fR variable may be
+used to exclude specific attributes from being preserved.
.RE
.TP
.B FETCHCOMMAND
@@ -859,6 +860,12 @@ Defaults to portage.
\fBPORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE\fR = \fI"0700"\fR
This variable controls permissions for \fIWORKDIR\fR (see \fBebuild\fR(5)).
.TP
+\fBPORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE\fR = \fI[space delimited list of fnmatch patterns]\fR
+This variable may be used to exclude specific attributes from being preserved
+when \fBxattr\fR is in \fBFEATURES\fR.
+.br
+Defaults to "security.*" (security labels are special, see bug #461868).
+.TP
\fBPORTDIR\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Defines the location of the Portage tree. This is the repository for all
profile information as well as all ebuilds. If you change this, you must update