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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-04-21 05:16:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-04-21 05:16:24 +0000 |
| commit | a465a04d7b59e00d20547051f67022432ec7bee5 (patch) | |
| tree | 1bfebf171b3b808256393597386923885d8c863a /man | |
| parent | 04b7486efee6a5122fb4c6fd17500d0efeeb9c0d (diff) | |
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Document FEATURES="metadata-transfer" changes some more. (trunk r9934)
svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=9935
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/portage.5 | 4 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 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 diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 5d953db83..aabff9f88 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -395,7 +395,9 @@ transfer or regenerate metadata cache. Users of the rsync tree need to run `emerge \-\-metadata` if they have enabled FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). In order to regenerate metadata for repositories listed in \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR or a cvs tree, run `emerge \-\-regen` -(see \fBemerge\fR(1)). +(see \fBemerge\fR(1)). If you use something like the sqlite module and want +to keep all metadata in that format alone (useful for querying), enable +FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). .TP .BR package.keywords Per\-package KEYWORDS. Useful for mixing unstable packages in with a normally |