-h, --help Print this usage
-i, --ignore Ignore temporary files from previous runs
-k, --keep-temp Do not delete temporary files on exit
- -L, --library NAME Emerge existing packages that use the library with NAME
- --library=NAME NAME can be a full path to the library or a basic
- regular expression (man grep)
+ -L, --library NAME Unconditionally emerge existing packages that use the
+ --library=NAME library with NAME. NAME can be a full path to the
+ library or a basic regular expression (man grep)
-l, --no-ld-path Do not set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-o, --no-order Do not check the build order
(Saves time, but may cause breakage.)
Force revdep\-rebuild not to delete temporary files after it successfully rebuilds packages. This option will NOT prevent revdep\-rebuild from deleting inconsistent or out\-of\-date temporary files.
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.B \-\-library NAME | \-L NAME
-Search for reverse dependencies for a particular library or group of libraries, rather than every library on the system. Emerge packages that use the named library. NAME can be a full path to a library or basic regular expression. (See regex(7).)
+Search for reverse dependencies for a particular library or group of libraries, rather than every library on the system. This option will unconditionally emerge packages that use the named library. \fBNote:\fR This option is used to force packages using the named library to be rebuilt even if they are not broken. NAME can be a full path to a library or basic regular expression. (See regex(7).)
.TP
.B \-l | \-\-no\-ld\-path
Do not set LD_LIBRARY_PATH. \fBNote:\fR Using this option will cause revdep\-rebuild to report some false positives.
-h, --help Print this usage
-i, --ignore Ignore temporary files from previous runs
(also won't create any)
- -L, --library NAME Emerge existing packages that use
- the library with NAME
- --library=NAME NAME can be a full or partial library name
+ -L, --library NAME Unconditionally emerge existing packages that use
+ --library=NAME the library with NAME. NAME can be a full or partial
+ library name
-l, --no-ld-path Do not set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-o, --no-order Do not check the build order
(Saves time, but may cause breakage.)