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| -rw-r--r-- | trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild.1 b/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild.1 index 30bdfd1..e9d59a5 100644 --- a/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild.1 +++ b/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild.1 @@ -36,7 +36,17 @@ SEARCH_DIRS \- List of directories to search for executables and libraries .LP SEARCH_DIRS_MASK \- List of directories to not search -These variables can be prepended to either by setting the variable in your environment prior to execution, or by placing an entry in /etc/make.conf. +These variables can be prepended to either by setting the variable in your environment prior to execution, by placing an entry in /etc/make.conf, or by placing a file in /etc/revdep\-rebuild containing the appropriate variables. + +The variables are read and set in the following order: + +environment settings \- one time changes by user +.br +/etc/make.conf \- persistant changes by user +.br +/etc/revdep\-rebuild/* \- persistant changes by ebuild authors + +While a user can edit and modify the files in the /etc/revdep\-rebuild directory, please be aware that the /etc/revdep\-rebuild directory is not under configuration protection and files can be removed and/or overwritten by an ebuild. To change this add /etc/revdep\-rebuild to the CONFIG_PROTECT variable in /etc/make.conf. An entry of "\-*" means to clear the variable from that point forward. Example: SEARCH_DIRS="/usr/bin \-*" will set SEARCH_DIRS to contain only /usr/bin |