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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2006-10-27 08:14:34 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2006-10-27 08:14:34 +0000
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Update help for greedy behavior of --update.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=4853
-rw-r--r--pym/emergehelp.py5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pym/emergehelp.py b/pym/emergehelp.py
index 45346b54b..c6c0e465d 100644
--- a/pym/emergehelp.py
+++ b/pym/emergehelp.py
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ def help(myaction,myopts,havecolor=1):
print " Updates packages to the best version available, which may not"
print " always be the highest version number due to masking for testing"
print " and development. This will also update direct dependencies which"
- print " may not what you want. In general use this option only in combi-"
- print " nation with the world or system target."
+ print " may not what you want. Package atoms specified on the command line"
+ print " are greedy, meaning that unspecific atoms may match multiple"
+ print " installed versions of slotted packages."
print
print " "+green("--version")+" ("+green("-V")+" short option)"
print " Displays the currently installed version of portage along with"