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-rw-r--r--pym/_emerge/help.py6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/help.py b/pym/_emerge/help.py
index f662584d7..2c5f04bbf 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/help.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/help.py
@@ -370,6 +370,12 @@ def help(myaction,myopts,havecolor=1):
print " ebuilds, or deps you specify on the command-line *will* cause"
print " Portage to remerge the package, even if it is already installed."
print " Note that Portage won't remerge dependencies by default."
+ desc = "Also note that this option takes " + \
+ "precedence over options such as --newuse, preventing a package " + \
+ "from being reinstalled even though the corresponding USE flag settings " + \
+ "may have changed."
+ for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
+ print desc_indent + line
print
print " "+green("--nospinner")
print " Disables the spinner regardless of terminal type."