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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 62bfd5ecd..10be7895c 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -407,6 +407,22 @@ when FEATURES="preserve\-libs" is enabled in \fBmake.conf\fR(5), since any libraries that have consumers will simply be preserved. .TP +.BR "\-\-dynamic\-deps < y | n >" +In dependency calculations, substitute the dependencies of installed +packages with the dependencies of corresponding unbuilt ebuilds from +source repositories. This causes the effective dependencies of +installed packages to vary dynamically when source ebuild dependencies +are modified. This option is enabled by default. + +\fBWARNING:\fR +If \-\-dynamic\-deps is disabled, then it is necessary to ensure that +an alternative method is used to handle package moves in dependencies +of installed packages. Normally, this is handled by +FEATURES="fixpackages", which is enabled by default and may be +disabled via \fBmake.conf\fR(5). Alternatively, in order to manually +apply package moves, run `emaint \-\-fix moveinst` after each +emerge \-\-sync operation (see \fBemaint\fR(1)). +.TP .BR "\-\-emptytree " (\fB\-e\fR) Reinstalls target atoms and their entire deep dependency tree, as though no packages are currently |