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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 671c2203d..1357d3953 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -117,10 +117,12 @@ information when submitting a bug report.\fR Expanded output can be obtained with the \fI\-\-verbose\fR option. .TP .BR \-\-metadata -Causes portage to process all the metacache files as is normally done on the -tail end of an rsync update using \fBemerge \-\-sync\fR. The processing -creates the cache database that portage uses for pre\-parsed lookups of -package data. +Transfers metadata cache from ${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ to +/var/cache/edb/dep/ as is normally done on the +tail end of an rsync update using \fBemerge \-\-sync\fR. This process +populates the cache database that portage uses for pre-parsed lookups of +package data. It does not populate cache for the overlays listed in +PORTDIR_OVERLAY. In order to generate cache for overlays, use \fB\-\-regen\fR. .TP .BR "\-\-prune " (\fB\-P\fR) \fBWARNING: This action can remove important packages!\fR Prune looks at each |