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-rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | pym/emerge/help.py | 2 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
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 diff --git a/pym/emerge/help.py b/pym/emerge/help.py index 7502d423d..def367fd5 100644 --- a/pym/emerge/help.py +++ b/pym/emerge/help.py @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def help(myaction,myopts,havecolor=1): print print " "+green("--prune")+" ("+green("-P")+" short option)" print " "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!") - print " Removes all but the most recently installed version of a package" + print " Removes all but the highest installed version of a package" print " from your system. This action doesn't verify the possible binary" print " compatibility between versions and can thus remove essential" print " dependencies from your system." |