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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-02 14:25:55 -0800 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-02 14:25:55 -0800 |
| commit | 91abbdbc96a91fad0e847a763ad0fb1b8437e88a (patch) | |
| tree | e9adb8b71dfeecb3fc8c7bdbf66c68fb603c24b0 /man | |
| parent | d7d414c96f797d164eb292784c3241d8de7f380a (diff) | |
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emerge.1: Document mask display for bug 58416.
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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index ecece76d7..634a5a25e 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -713,6 +713,28 @@ it was last installed. For information about all \fBUSE\fR symbols, see the displayed when you use the \fB\-\-pretend\fR and \fB\-\-verbose\fR options. Using the \fB\-\-quiet\fR option will prevent all information from being displayed. +.TP +.B [ebuild U *] sys\-apps/portage\-2.2.0_alpha6 [2.1.9.25] +Portage 2.1.9.25 is installed, but if you run the command, then +portage will upgrade to version 2.2.0_alpha6. In this case, +\fB\-\-verbose\fR causes the \fB*\fR symbol to be displayed, in +order to indicate that version 2.2.0_alpha6 is masked by missing +keyword. The following symbols are used to indicate various types +of masking: + +.TS +l l +__ +c l. +Symbol Mask Type + +# package.mask +* missing keyword +~ unstable keyword +.TE +.TP + + .SH "NOTES" You should almost always precede any package install or update attempt with a \fB\-\-pretend\fR install or update. This lets you see how much will be |