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-rw-r--r--man/emerge.15
-rw-r--r--pym/_emerge/help.py5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 23fb296bb..602fda926 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ token can be used to discard the existing configuration
value and start fresh. See the \fBMASKED PACKAGES\fR section
and \fBmake.conf\fR(5) for more information about
ACCEPT_PROPERTIES. A typical usage example for this option
-would be to use \fI\-\-accept\-properties=-interactive\fR to
+would be to use \fI\-\-accept\-properties=\-interactive\fR to
temporarily mask interactive packages. With default
configuration, this would result in an effective
\fBACCEPT_PROPERTIES\fR value of "* -interactive".
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ Causes \fIEMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS\fR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)) to be ignored.
Specifies the number of packages to build simultaneously. If this option is
given without an argument, emerge will not limit the number of jobs that can
run simultaneously. Also see the related \fB\-\-load\-average\fR option.
+Note that interactive packages currently force a setting
+of \fI\-\-jobs=1\fR. This issue can be temporarily avoided
+by specifying \fI\-\-accept\-properties=\-interactive\fR.
.TP
.BR "\-\-keep\-going[=n]"
Continue as much as possible after an error. When an error occurs,
diff --git a/pym/_emerge/help.py b/pym/_emerge/help.py
index 5875cc29d..c0a6d01d5 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/help.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/help.py
@@ -374,7 +374,10 @@ def help(myopts, havecolor=1):
"given without an argument, emerge will not " + \
"limit the number of jobs that " + \
"can run simultaneously. Also see " + \
- "the related --load-average option."
+ "the related --load-average option. " + \
+ "Note that interactive packages currently force a setting " + \
+ "of --jobs=1. This issue can be temporarily avoided " + \
+ "by specifying --accept-properties=-interactive."
for line in wrap(desc, desc_width):
print(desc_indent + line)
print()