The man page for eclean refers to the old default DISTDIR of /usr/portage/distfiles (new default is /var/cache/distfiles) and old default PKGDIR of /usr/portage/packages (new default is /var/cache/binpkgs). It is harmless to leave it as is because of the way it is worded, but newer installs use the newer locations and have been for several years.
Created attachment 882301 [details, diff] fix path in man page
looks like the DISTDIR path was already changed in c6dee3ef49e122a99dd299eae4749b7188751287
commit 718cae1a831c0923653c4a44d7d8ad9583e2e2a4 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Date: Fri May 3 06:53:02 2024 +0100 man: update default PKGDIR location to /var/cache/binpkgs Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> (Sorry, I didn't realise there was a bug for this, or I would've used your patch.)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7d957d77c80b4296b8b3bdcc04bee1e4a953f9b1 commit 7d957d77c80b4296b8b3bdcc04bee1e4a953f9b1 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-05-08 21:44:38 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-05-08 21:44:38 +0000 app-portage/gentoolkit: add 0.6.7 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/877491 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/923369 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/915055 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/928951 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/928138 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> app-portage/gentoolkit/Manifest | 1 + app-portage/gentoolkit/gentoolkit-0.6.7.ebuild | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
