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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2007-07-20 02:23:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2007-07-20 02:23:33 +0000 |
| commit | 1fcfb58b23408da0352c2c08b63bab3d0e86706e (patch) | |
| tree | 531261e420c4984a20a43a8422527400824fd161 /man/emerge.1 | |
| parent | 70ab8ba6a2c4218071862ff1f394d79711252331 (diff) | |
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Update --prune docs for bug #151653.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=7315
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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index ed38ed66e..db51d3318 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -125,12 +125,10 @@ 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. .TP .BR "\-\-prune " (\fB\-P\fR) -\fBWARNING: This action can remove important packages!\fR Prune looks at each -installed package and attempts to \fBremove\fR all but the \fBmost recently -installed version. \fRPrune ignores \fBslots\fR, if you require a slot\-aware -Prune use \fB emerge \-\-clean\fR. Prune may inadvertently remove important -packages from your system. Use \fB\-\-clean\fR instead unless you really -know what you're doing. +\fBWARNING: This action can remove important packages!\fR Removes all but the +highest installed version of a package from your system. This action doesn't +verify the possible binary compatibility between versions and can thus remove +essential dependencies from your system. .TP .BR \-\-regen Causes portage to check and update the dependency cache of all ebuilds in the |