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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] man/make.conf.5: Mention eclean in PKGDIR section
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:54:54
Message-Id: 20200426165433.454256-1-mattst88@gentoo.org
1 And remove obsolete text from binpkg-multi-instance. I believe this was
2 obsolete even before my gentoolkit patches that add the --changed-deps
3 flag to eclean packages.
4
5 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
6 ---
7 man/make.conf.5 | 7 +++----
8 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
9
10 diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
11 index f82fed65a..a0aa5f129 100644
12 --- a/man/make.conf.5
13 +++ b/man/make.conf.5
14 @@ -310,10 +310,6 @@ running older portage, since the file format is identical, the
15 per\-package PATH attribute in the 'Packages' index directs them to
16 download the file from the correct URI, and they automatically use
17 BUILD_TIME metadata to select the latest builds.
18 -
19 -There is currently no automated way to prune old builds from PKGDIR,
20 -although it is possible to remove packages manually, and then run
21 -\(aqemaint \-\-fix binhost' to update the ${PKGDIR}/Packages index.
22 .TP
23 .B buildpkg
24 Binary packages will be created for all packages that are merged. Also see
25 @@ -838,6 +834,9 @@ to it's category. However, for backward compatibility with the layout
26 used by older versions of portage, if the \fI${PKGDIR}/All\fR directory
27 exists then all packages will be stored inside of it and symlinks to
28 the packages will be created in the category subdirectories.
29 +
30 +If you would like to selectively prune obsolete files from this directory, see
31 +\fBeclean\fR(1) from the gentoolkit package.
32 .br
33 Defaults to /var/cache/binpkgs.
34 .TP
35 --
36 2.25.3

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