commit: 0fff3fad5d82fb446dde744a42a866a2c1e7988c Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Wed Dec 21 01:26:44 2022 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Wed Dec 21 01:28:03 2022 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=0fff3fad
man/portage.5: expand on volatile configuration option Suggested-by: Florian Schmaus <flow <AT> gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> man/portage.5 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index c5100940b..a19e14647 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -1266,6 +1266,9 @@ optimizations from occurring by assuming the integrity of the repository and its caches may be violated. Disabling this option allows local changes to be made to the repository for e.g. development safely. For git-synced repositories, Portage will not perform destructive operations. +Per default, repositories are considered volatile if their directory is owned +by either 'root' or 'portage' and if it is under /var/db/repos. Otherwise, +the repository is considered non volatile. .TP .RE
