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author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-08 11:52:03 -0800 |
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committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-08 12:46:20 -0800 |
commit | ee78369d3f7d6528a25ae291e9f40add6ff0f58a (patch) | |
tree | 8ff92b2ceb3c312e5e6b6835568d89fa512ca8a4 | |
parent | cd02898367a30fd51e013993785b24e2885b6b0d (diff) | |
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emerge.1: clarify docs for package arguments
This will fix bug #354137.
-rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 297ac1597..34dfe83c3 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ and binary packages, and it can be used to create binary packages for distribution. .SH "EBUILDS, TBZ2S, SETS AND ATOMS" \fBemerge\fR primarily installs packages. You can specify -packages to install in one of four main ways: an \fIebuild\fR, -a \fItbz2file\fR, a \fIset\fR, or an \fIatom\fR. +packages to install in five possible ways: an \fIatom\fR, +a \fIset\fR, an installed \fIfile\fR, an \fIebuild\fR, or +a \fItbz2file\fR. .LP .TP .BR ebuild @@ -52,8 +53,9 @@ A \fItbz2file\fR must be a valid .tbz2 created with \fBebuild .TP .BR file A \fIfile\fR must be a file or directory that has been installed by one or -more packages. For directories that are owned by multiple packages, all -owning packages to be selected. See the portageq(1) owners command if you +more packages. If an absolute path is not used, then it must begin with +either "./" or "../". For directories that are owned by multiple packages, all +owning packages will be selected. See the portageq(1) owners command if you would like to query the owners of one or more files or directories. .TP .BR set |