commit:     70456604800cdb7f584b061a2208212bd7447535
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 16 00:06:08 2026 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Feb 16 00:06:08 2026 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=70456604

man: portage(5): document that binrepos.conf location must be unique

`location` should not be the same for two different binhosts.

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 man/portage.5 | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 8f3ba09751..19ed7fe5a0 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -671,8 +671,9 @@ repositories, those with higher priority are preferred.
 .TP
 .B location
 Specify a cache location which serves as a partial local mirror of a
-remote repository. If unset then the default is 
/var/cache/binhost/repository_name.
-It was previously PKGDIR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)).
+remote repository.  If unset then the default is 
/var/cache/binhost/repository_name.
+It was previously PKGDIR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)).  This location must be
+unique.
 .TP
 .B sync\-uri
 Specifies URI of repository used for `emerge \-\-getbinpkg`.

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