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.B preserve\-libs
Preserve libraries when the sonames change during upgrade or downgrade.
Libraries are preserved only if consumers of those libraries are detected.
+Preserved libraries are automatically removed when there are no remaining
+consumers. Run `emerge @preserved\-rebuild` in order to rebuild all
+consumers of preserved libraries.
.TP
.B protect\-owned
This is identical to the \fIcollision\-protect\fR feature except that files