Note that --noreplace takes precedence over options such as --newuse.

(trunk r13179)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=13208

diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 5b6460f87ab9bd4c35a8ce9e6098dcaab3332f12..a2420b8ad5dbc4335676c13c0084205aad3be4b0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -370,7 +370,10 @@ Skips the packages specified on the command\-line that have already
 been installed.  Without this option, any packages, ebuilds, or deps
 you specify on the command\-line \fBwill\fR cause Portage to remerge
 the package, even if it is already installed.  Note that Portage will
-not remerge dependencies by default.
+not remerge dependencies by default. Also note that this option takes
+precedence over options such as \fB\-\-newuse\fR, preventing a package
+from being reinstalled even though the corresponding USE flag settings
+may have changed.
 .TP
 .BR "\-\-nospinner"
 Disables the spinner for the session.  The spinner is active when the