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authorSam James <sam@gentoo.org>2022-12-14 04:57:57 +0000
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man/make.conf.5: describe binpkg suffix
- BINPKG_FORMAT="xpak" has suffix .tbz2 for any compression type(!) - BINPKG_FORMAT="xpak" and FEATURES="binpkg-multi-instance" (default as of bug #715112) has suffix .xpak. - BINPKG_FORMAT="gpkg" has suffix .gpkg. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/696080 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/715112 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/721070 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/885799 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 7f398c28e..ad8ece43f 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -114,12 +114,16 @@ ACCEPT_RESTRICT="* -bindist"
.TP
.B BINPKG_FORMAT
This variable sets the format used for tar binary packages. Possible
-values are \fIxpak\fI or \fIgpkg\fI.
+values are \fIxpak\fI or \fIgpkg\fI. If \fBBINPKG_FORMAT\fR is set to \fIxpak\fR,
+packages will have the file extension .tbz2 for any compression type for historical
+reasons. If \fBBINPKG_FORMAT\fR is set to \fIxpak\fR, and FEATURES="binpkg-multi-instance"
+is set, packages will have the file extension .xpak. If \fBBINPKG_FORMAT\fR is set
+to \fIgpkg\fR, packages will have the file extension .gpkg.
.TP
\fBBINPKG_COMPRESS\fR = \fI"compression"\fR
This variable is used to determine the compression used for \fIbinary
-packages\fR. Supported settings and compression algorithms are: bzip2, gzip,
-lz4, lzip, lzop, xz, zstd.
+packages\fR. Supported settings and compression algorithms are: bzip2, gzip,
+lz4, lzip, lzop, xz, zstd. See note for \fBBINPKG_FORMAT\fR on file suffix.
.br
Defaults to "zstd".
.br