Add experimental EAPI 4-slot-abi support.

Refer to 4-slot-abi.docbook for a full description.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 7b59040cb..0d9f6def1 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -476,6 +476,13 @@ remote server are preferred over local packages if they are not identical.
 .BR "\-\-ignore-default-opts"
 Causes \fIEMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS\fR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)) to be ignored.
 .TP
+.BR "\-\-ignore\-built\-slot\-abi\-deps < y | n >"
+Ignore the SLOT/ABI := operator parts of dependencies that have
+been recorded when packages where built. This option is intended
+only for debugging purposes, and it only affects built packages
+that specify SLOT/ABI := operator dependencies using the
+experimental "4\-slot\-abi" EAPI.
+.TP
 .BR "-j [JOBS], \-\-jobs[=JOBS]"
 Specifies the number of packages to build simultaneously. If this option is
 given without an argument, emerge will not limit the number of jobs that can
@@ -629,6 +636,17 @@ Disable the warning message that's shown prior to
 to be set in the \fBmake.conf\fR(5)
 \fBEMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS\fR variable.
 .TP
+.BR "\-\-rebuild\-if\-new\-slot\-abi [ y | n ]"
+Automatically rebuild or reinstall packages when SLOT/ABI :=
+operator dependencies can be satisfied by a newer slot, so that
+older packages slots will become eligible for removal by the
+\-\-depclean action as soon as possible. This option only
+affects packages that specify SLOT/ABI dependencies using the
+experimental "4\-slot\-abi" EAPI. Since this option requires
+checking of reverse dependencies, it enables \-\-complete\-graph
+mode whenever a new slot is installed. This option is enabled by
+default.
+.TP
 .BR "\-\-rebuild\-if\-new\-rev [ y | n ]"
 Rebuild packages when build\-time dependencies are built from source, if the
 dependency is not already installed with the same version and revision.