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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index df054c9e9..a1dbcde73 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ option if you want to install a tbz2\fR. The packages are added to the \fBworld\fR file at the end, so that they are considered for later updating. .TP +.BR "\-\-avoid\-update " +Tries to prevent package updates. This may not always be +possible since new packages or new dependencies due to USE +flag changes may require a newer version of an installed +package. Furthermore, this option may lead to slot conflicts +(Multiple package instances within a single package slot +have been pulled into the dependency graph). It is not +possible to use this option in such a case. +.TP .BR "\-\-clean " (\fB\-c\fR) Cleans up the system by examining the installed packages and removing older packages. This is accomplished by looking at each installed package and separating @@ -364,6 +373,9 @@ A USE flag was turned off for a package. USE flags may be toggled by your profile as well as your USE and package.use settings. + +\fB\-\-avoid\-update\fR may prevent updates of installed packages without +use flag changes. Note that \fB\-\-avoid-\update\fR may lead to slot conflicts. .TP .BR "\-\-noconfmem" Causes portage to disregard merge records indicating that a config file |