[gentoo-commits] proj/portage:master commit in: man/

["Sam James" <sam@gentoo.org>]

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