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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-03-24 18:10:49 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-03-24 18:10:49 +0000
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Note that --noreplace takes precedence over options such as --newuse.
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@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ Skips the packages specified on the command\-line that have already
been installed. Without this option, any packages, ebuilds, or deps
you specify on the command\-line \fBwill\fR cause Portage to remerge
the package, even if it is already installed. Note that Portage will
-not remerge dependencies by default.
+not remerge dependencies by default. Also note that this option takes
+precedence over options such as \fB\-\-newuse\fR, preventing a package
+from being reinstalled even though the corresponding USE flag settings
+may have changed.
.TP
.BR "\-\-nospinner"
Disables the spinner for the session. The spinner is active when the