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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 9e5aca44d..fac737799 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -412,9 +412,11 @@ in order to indicate their status: \fI() circumfix\fR = forced, masked, or removed .TP .BR "\-\-with\-bdeps < y | n >" -In dependency calculations, pull in build time dependencies that are not -strictly required. This defaults to \'n\' for installation actions and -\'y\' for the \fB\-\-depclean\fR action. This setting can be added to +In dependency calculations, pull in build time dependencies +that are not strictly required. This defaults to \'n\' for +installation actions, meaning they will not be installed, and +\'y\' for the \fB\-\-depclean\fR action, meaning they will not be removed. +This setting can be added to \fBEMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS\fR (see make.conf(5)) and later overridden via the command line. .SH "ENVIRONMENT OPTIONS" |