From aa4334a1727b94a66319f3a16df86266989de134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:43:25 +0000 Subject: Update emerge --metadata docs for more clarity. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=5404 --- man/emerge.1 | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/emerge.1') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22