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authorUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2019-11-22 11:19:15 +0100
committerUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2019-11-26 19:25:43 +0100
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Rename DCO_SIGNED_OFF_BY config variable to SIGNED_OFF_BY.
Provide compatibility support for old name. Update make.conf.5 man page. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/667432 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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-rw-r--r--man/make.conf.513
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 44d518dbb..78ff8cb06 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Jul 2019" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "MAKE.CONF" "5" "Nov 2019" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH "NAME"
make.conf \- custom settings for Portage
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ This variable is passed by the \fIebuild scripts\fR to the \fIconfigure\fR
as \fI\-\-target=${CTARGET}\fR only if it is defined.
.TP
.B DCO_SIGNED_OFF_BY
-This variable may contain a name and email address which will be used by
-\fBrepoman\fR(1) to add a Signed\-off\-by line to each commit message.
+See \fISIGNED_OFF_BY\fR below. Deprecated.
.TP
\fBDISTDIR\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Defines the location of your local source file repository. After packages
@@ -1141,6 +1140,14 @@ Defines the location where created RPM packages will be stored.
.br
Defaults to /var/cache/rpm.
.TP
+.B SIGNED_OFF_BY
+This variable may contain a name and email address which will be used by
+\fBrepoman\fR(1) to add a Signed\-off\-by line to each commit message.
+The meaning of a signoff depends on the project. Typically, it certifies
+that the committer has the rights to submit the work under a free license
+and agrees to a Certificate of Origin. (For example, see GLEP 76 for the
+Gentoo Linux policy: \fIhttps://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html\fR.)
+.TP
\fBSYNC\fR = \fI[RSYNC]\fR
Insert your preferred rsync mirror here. This rsync server
is used to sync the local ebuild repository when `emerge \-\-sync` is run.