From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 495A7138334 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FDC5E0872; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:49:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 471E1E0872 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:49:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE16A34AFF4 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:49:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BD01783 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:49:04 +0000 (UTC) From: "Mike Frysinger" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Mike Frysinger" Message-ID: <1568191437.e31d6813d5f1cdd133726add02383c444a3f17ff.vapier@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: vapier X-VCS-Committer-Name: Mike Frysinger X-VCS-Revision: e31d6813d5f1cdd133726add02383c444a3f17ff X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:49:04 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 7e048c4d-1b96-4e40-b5ce-9f3702d61d53 X-Archives-Hash: 3af5610cefe9a1e5dd02485e89ccb402 commit: e31d6813d5f1cdd133726add02383c444a3f17ff Author: Mike Frysinger chromium org> AuthorDate: Wed Aug 21 21:40:10 2019 +0000 Commit: Mike Frysinger gentoo org> CommitDate: Wed Sep 11 08:43:57 2019 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=e31d6813 make.conf: clarify distlocks usage The current text makes it sound like distlocks control mutual access in more scenarios than it actually does. Clarify that it only shows up for distfiles & binpkgs. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger gentoo.org> man/make.conf.5 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 9dcd35b2c..71165bc53 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -399,9 +399,13 @@ Enable portage support for the distcc package with pump mode. .TP .B distlocks Portage uses lockfiles to ensure competing instances don't clobber -each other's files. This feature is enabled by default but may cause +each other's files. It covers saving distfiles to ${DISTDIR} and +binpkgs to ${PKGDIR}. + +This feature is enabled by default but may cause heartache on less intelligent remote filesystems like NFSv2 and some -strangely configured Samba server (oplocks off, NFS re\-export). A tool +strangely configured Samba servers (oplocks off, NFS re\-export). + /usr/lib/portage/bin/clean_locks exists to help handle lock issues when a problem arises (normally due to a crash or disconnect). .TP