392565 – documentation should warn against putting PORTAGE_TMPDIR under PORTDIR

Bug 392565 - documentation should warn against putting PORTAGE_TMPDIR under PORTDIR

Summary: documentation should warn against putting PORTAGE_TMPDIR under PORTDIR

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Keywords:	InVCS

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Blocks:	431026
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Reported:	2011-11-30 06:49 UTC by Dave Kemper
Modified:	2012-08-22 23:45 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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patch for make.conf man page (make.conf.5.patch,1018 bytes, patch) 2012-08-17 07:13 UTC, Dave Kemper	Details \| Diff
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Description Dave Kemper 2011-11-30 06:49:33 UTC

Filing this bug as requested in bug 149062 comment #77.

The make.conf man page should mention, under the PORTAGE_TMPDIR topic, that pointing PORTAGE_TMPDIR to a directory under PORTDIR is not a good idea / not supported / advised against / however you want to word it.

Comment 1 Dave Kemper 2012-08-17 07:13:14 UTC

Created attachment 321540 [details, diff]
patch for make.conf man page

This documentation bug still exists in portage-2.1.11.9.  Here's one possible patch to fix it.

Comment 2 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2012-08-19 21:35:53 UTC

Thanks, this is in git:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=fab71caabba4e57ffcbed0651abcee014d1c960f

Comment 3 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2012-08-22 23:45:25 UTC

This is fixed in 2.1.11.11 and 2.2.0_alpha122.