summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/man/emerge.1
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-04-21 05:16:24 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-04-21 05:16:24 +0000
commita465a04d7b59e00d20547051f67022432ec7bee5 (patch)
tree1bfebf171b3b808256393597386923885d8c863a /man/emerge.1
parent04b7486efee6a5122fb4c6fd17500d0efeeb9c0d (diff)
downloadportage-a465a04d7b59e00d20547051f67022432ec7bee5.tar.gz
portage-a465a04d7b59e00d20547051f67022432ec7bee5.tar.bz2
portage-a465a04d7b59e00d20547051f67022432ec7bee5.zip
Document FEATURES="metadata-transfer" changes some more. (trunk r9934)
svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=9935
Diffstat (limited to 'man/emerge.1')
-rw-r--r--man/emerge.12
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index db7b409e9..6d7534122 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ tail end of an rsync update using \fBemerge \-\-sync\fR. This process
populates the cache database that portage uses for pre-parsed lookups of
package data. It does not populate cache for the overlays listed in
PORTDIR_OVERLAY. In order to generate cache for overlays, use \fB\-\-regen\fR.
+In versions of portage >=2.1.5 the \-\-metadata action is totally unnecessary
+unless the user has enabled FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
.TP
.BR "\-\-prune " (\fB\-P\fR)
\fBWARNING: This action can remove important packages!\fR Removes all but the