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diff --git a/content/xml/simple-faqs.xml b/content/xml/simple-faqs.xml index 94efc71..29d13ca 100644 --- a/content/xml/simple-faqs.xml +++ b/content/xml/simple-faqs.xml @@ -51,4 +51,81 @@ </solution> </faq> + <faq> + <title>What is the CFLAGS variable for?</title> + <maintainers> + <dev>swift</dev> + </maintainers> + <keywords> + <key>CFLAGS</key> + <key>make.conf</key> + <key>Portage</key> + </keywords> + <solution> + + <p> + The CFLAGS variable contains flags that you want to pass on to your compiler + when it is building C programs. These flags can contain optimizations that + you wish to use. Please use sane settings as overoptimizations have an + average effect. See /etc/make.conf.examples for examples and sane defaults. + </p> + + <p> + For more information on the possible flags, see the "Invoking GCC" chapter + of the online GCC documentation at <uri + link="http://gcc.gnu.org">gcc.gnu.org</uri>. + </p> + + </solution> + </faq> + + <faq> + <title>What is the CONFIG_PROTECT variable for?</title> + <maintainers> + <dev>swift</dev> + </maintainers> + <keywords> + <key>make.conf</key> + <key>Portage</key> + </keywords> + <solution> + <p> + The CONFIG_PROTECT variable is a variable you can define in + /etc/make.conf. It contains a space-delimited list of directories that + will be protected by Portage' configuration file protection. + </p> + + <p> + For more information, consult the <uri + link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=2#doc_chap3">Gentoo + Handbook</uri> + </p> + + </solution> + </faq> + + <faq> + <title>What is the CONFIG_PROTECT_MAKE variable for?</title> + <maintainers> + <dev>swift</dev> + </maintainers> + <keywords> + <key>make.conf</key> + <key>Portage</key> + </keywords> + <solution> + <p> + With the CONFIG_PROTECT_MAKE variable, which you can set in + /etc/make.conf, you can have a space-delimited list of directories which + should not be protected by Portage's configuration file protection but are + currently protected because their parent directories are. + </p> + + <p> + For more information, consult the <uri + link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=2#doc_chap3">Gentoo + Handbook</uri>. + </p> + </solution> + </faq> </faqs> |