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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
: Normal normal
Assignee: Portage team
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Keywords: InVCS
Depends on:
Blocks: 431026
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Reported: 2011-11-30 06:49 UTC by Dave Kemper
Modified: 2012-08-22 23:45 UTC (History)
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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 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.