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link to the man manual pages
document user agent issue vs portage fetching
https://bugs.gentoo.org/327229
--- a/doc/sample.wgetrc
+++ b/doc/sample.wgetrc
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
## You can use this file to change the default behaviour of wget or to
## avoid having to type many many command-line options. This file does
## not contain a comprehensive list of commands -- look at the manual
-## to find out what you can put into this file.
+## to find out what you can put into this file. You can find this here:
+## $ info wget.info 'Startup File'
+## Or online here:
+## https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html#Startup-File
##
## Wget initialization file can reside in /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
## (global, for all users) or $HOME/.wgetrc (for a single user).
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@
## as well as change them, in most cases, as the values on the
## commented-out lines are the default values (e.g. "off").
+## You should not modify user_agent in the global config file. Instead,
+## keep that in your ~/.wgetrc file. If you really want to modify it
+## globally, make sure you set a custom FETCHCOMMAND in your package
+## manager because you will randomly break fetching with some servers.
+
##
## Global settings (useful for setting up in /usr/local/etc/wgetrc).
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