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diff --git a/pym/emerge/help.py b/pym/emerge/help.py index 7df9ee760..44dea9709 100644 --- a/pym/emerge/help.py +++ b/pym/emerge/help.py @@ -100,10 +100,15 @@ def help(myaction,myopts,havecolor=1): print " Rsync users should simply 'emerge --sync' to regenerate." print print " "+green("--resume") - print " Resumes the last merge operation. It can be treated just like a" - print " regular emerge: --pretend and other options work alongside it." - print " 'emerge --resume' only returns an error on failure. When there is" - print " nothing to do, it exits with a message and a success condition." + print " Resumes the most recent merge list that has been aborted due to an" + print " error. Please note that this operation will only return an error" + print " on failure. If there is nothing for portage to do, then portage" + print " will exit with a message and a success condition. A resume list" + print " will persist until it has been completed in entirety or until" + print " another aborted merge list replaces it. The resume history is" + print " capable of storing two merge lists. After one resume list" + print " completes, it is possible to invoke --resume once again in order" + print " to resume an older list." print print " "+green("--search")+" ("+green("-s")+" short option)" print " Searches for matches of the supplied string in the current local" |