From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-commits+bounces-508684-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5072E138010 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:19:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD4EF21C003; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B03021C003 for <gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hornbill.gentoo.org (hornbill.gentoo.org [94.100.119.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0912C33CC9D for <gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hornbill.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C403E5444 for <gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:19:01 +0000 (UTC) From: "Zac Medico" <zmedico@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Zac Medico" <zmedico@gentoo.org> Message-ID: <1348539530.cae908bf076f05dbee9082183d6bf8c9750b632b.zmedico@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/portage:master commit in: man/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/portage X-VCS-Files: man/make.conf.5 X-VCS-Directories: man/ X-VCS-Committer: zmedico X-VCS-Committer-Name: Zac Medico X-VCS-Revision: cae908bf076f05dbee9082183d6bf8c9750b632b X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:19:01 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-commits+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-commits+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-commits+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-commits.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 0bcf72f7-197d-46c4-9c1e-e58c665f621e X-Archives-Hash: 0d4abaa3621ac72d1631db3267d37d2a commit: cae908bf076f05dbee9082183d6bf8c9750b632b Author: Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Sep 25 02:18:50 2012 +0000 Commit: Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Sep 25 02:18:50 2012 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=cae908bf make.conf.5: refer to ebuild.5 for cross-compile --- man/make.conf.5 | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index b8ed475..61daa90 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -908,11 +908,12 @@ be necessary in order to continue a partially downloaded file located at .TP \fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for merging -packages or ebuilds. All \fBRDEPEND\fR and \fBPDEPEND\fR will be installed -into \fBROOT\fR while all \fBDEPEND\fR will be still be installed into /. +packages or ebuilds. Typically, you should set this setting in the environment rather than in \fI/etc/make.conf\fR itself. It's commonly used for creating new build -images. Make sure you use an absolute path. +images. Make sure you use an absolute path. Refer to the +\fBCross-compilation\fR section of \fBebuild\fR(5) for information about +how dependencies are handled for \fBROOT\fR. .br Defaults to /. .TP