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commit: e31d6813d5f1cdd133726add02383c444a3f17ff |
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Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> chromium <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Wed Aug 21 21:40:10 2019 +0000 |
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Commit: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Wed Sep 11 08:43:57 2019 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=e31d6813 |
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make.conf: clarify distlocks usage |
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The current text makes it sound like distlocks control mutual access |
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in more scenarios than it actually does. Clarify that it only shows |
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up for distfiles & binpkgs. |
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Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo.org> |
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man/make.conf.5 | 8 ++++++-- |
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1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 |
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index 9dcd35b2c..71165bc53 100644 |
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--- a/man/make.conf.5 |
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+++ b/man/make.conf.5 |
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@@ -399,9 +399,13 @@ Enable portage support for the distcc package with pump mode. |
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.TP |
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.B distlocks |
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Portage uses lockfiles to ensure competing instances don't clobber |
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-each other's files. This feature is enabled by default but may cause |
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+each other's files. It covers saving distfiles to ${DISTDIR} and |
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+binpkgs to ${PKGDIR}. |
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+ |
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+This feature is enabled by default but may cause |
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heartache on less intelligent remote filesystems like NFSv2 and some |
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-strangely configured Samba server (oplocks off, NFS re\-export). A tool |
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+strangely configured Samba servers (oplocks off, NFS re\-export). |
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+ |
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/usr/lib/portage/bin/clean_locks exists to help handle lock issues |
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when a problem arises (normally due to a crash or disconnect). |
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.TP |
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