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| author |   gcarq <egger.m@protonmail.com> | 2023-05-15 11:55:05 +0200 |
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| committer |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2023-05-23 01:22:09 +0100 |
| commit | 89703c688868c9eb8cd6115cb42ff92f0b9668b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 9bf0e2dcf2bc827078d22c2459146e9c6c177182 /man | |
| parent | mergeme: Put xattr comparison logic behind xattr feature flag (diff) | |
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mergeme: Update mtime if file is equal and introduce ignore-mtime
Updates the mtime per default if the file is equal and adds a new
feature flag called "ignore-mtime" to ignore mtime updates if the
target file is equal.
Signed-off-by: gcarq <egger.m@protonmail.com>
Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/991
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/make.conf.5 | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 85ee88c05..ed5b7d7fc 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -533,6 +533,12 @@ If your GPG is auto unlocked on login, you do not need this. .B icecream Enable portage support for the icecream package. .TP +.B ignore\-mtime +Do not update mtime if the target file is equal. This can be useful on some +filesystems to better utilize features like snapshots and data deduplication, +however this violates the preservation of file modification times as stipulated +in the PMS. +.TP .B installsources Install source code into /usr/src/debug/${CATEGORY}/${PF} (also see \fBsplitdebug\fR). This feature works only if debugedit is installed, CFLAGS |