From 1c818a0918f7162e803477055e9de2b87d23327f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:26:50 +0000
Subject: Add a --root option that sets $ROOT (complements the --config-root
 option).

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=13246
---
 man/emerge.1 | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'man/emerge.1')

diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 60e15338f..7a82a91bd 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ changed since installation.  Unlike \fB\-\-newuse\fR, this option does
 not trigger reinstallation when flags that the user has not
 enabled are added or removed.
 .TP
+.BR \-\-root=DIR
+Set the \fBROOT\fR environment variable.
+.TP
 .BR "\-\-root\-deps"
 Install build\-time dependencies to \fBROOT\fR instead of /. This option
 should not be enabled under normal circumstances. For currently supported
@@ -488,7 +491,8 @@ command line.
 .TP
 \fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
 Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for
-merging packages or ebuilds.  This variable can be set in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
+merging packages or ebuilds. This variable can be set via the \fB\-\-root\fR
+option or in \fBmake.conf\fR(5) (the command line overrides other settings).
 .br
 Defaults to /.
 .TP
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