From 013af5ea38af6812f9c788d1e9b765c344883fc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:25:11 +0000 Subject: Update --prune docs for bug #151653. (trunk r7315) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.2/; revision=7316 --- man/emerge.1 | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index ed38ed66e..db51d3318 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -125,12 +125,10 @@ 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 -installed package and attempts to \fBremove\fR all but the \fBmost recently -installed version. \fRPrune ignores \fBslots\fR, if you require a slot\-aware -Prune use \fB emerge \-\-clean\fR. Prune may inadvertently remove important -packages from your system. Use \fB\-\-clean\fR instead unless you really -know what you're doing. +\fBWARNING: This action can remove important packages!\fR Removes all but the +highest installed version of a package from your system. This action doesn't +verify the possible binary compatibility between versions and can thus remove +essential dependencies from your system. .TP .BR \-\-regen Causes portage to check and update the dependency cache of all ebuilds in the -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22