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authorWilliam Giokas <1007380@gmail.com>2012-11-29 01:08:55 -0600
committerAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2012-12-14 12:35:34 +1000
commit0c74ffd6b6e8f96d388c1e8219902beb369bf1b8 (patch)
treeacb80c0b0dd15429d49e700e9dc45764e130b95c /doc
parent964640fbfcde48b7937a6c18964c78a3b11db3de (diff)
Added LOGDEST variable
Places logs in a pre-defined location. The logs are always neatly labeled with package names and numbers, and this way can be more easily sent to network shares as they are written or compressed/cleaned en masse. Signed-off-by: William Giokas <1007380@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ Options
in the current directory. Many people like to keep all source package files
in a central location for easy cleanup, so this path can be set here.
+**LOGDEST=**"/path/to/folder"::
+ If this value is not set, log files are written to the current
+ directory. This centralizes the log location, facilitating cleanup
+ and compression.
+
**PACKAGER=**"John Doe <john@example.com>"::
This value is used when querying a package to see who was the builder.
It is recommended you change this to your name and email address.