[patch] clarify the relationship between /etc/make.profile/ and /etc/portage/profile/

profile_override.patch (text/plain), 1.04 KB, created by Zac Medico on 2007-07-27 23:35:54 UTC

Index: man/portage.5
===================================================================
--- man/portage.5	(revision 7411)
+++ man/portage.5	(revision 7414)
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
 .fi
 .TP
 .BR /etc/make.profile/
+site\-specific overrides go in \fB/etc/portage/profile/\fR
 .nf
 deprecated
 make.defaults
 packages
 packages.build
+package.mask
 package.provided
 package.use
 package.use.force
@@ -127,9 +129,10 @@
 what a profile is (usually arch specific stuff).  If you need a custom 
 profile, then you should make your own \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR 
 directory and populate it.  However, if you just wish to override some 
-settings, do NOT edit these files because they WILL be lost with the 
-next `emerge \-\-sync`.  See the section below on \fB/etc/portage/\fR for 
-overriding.
+settings, use \fB/etc/portage/profile/\fR (it supports all of the same file
+types that \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR does, except parent). Do NOT edit the
+settings in \fB/etc/make.profile/\fR because they WILL be lost with the next
+`emerge \-\-sync`.
 .RS
 .TP
 .BR deprecated