\fB\-\-search\fR \fIsomestring\fR
.TP
.BR emerge
-\fB\-\-help\fR [\fBsystem\fR | \fBworld\fR | \fB\-\-sync\fR]
+\fB\-\-help\fR [\fB\-\-sync\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBemerge\fR is the definitive command\-line interface to the Portage
system. It is primarily used for installing packages, and \fBemerge\fR
print " exist on it, including ones that you may have created. The exceptions"
print " to this are the distfiles, local and packages directories."
print
- elif myaction=="system":
- print
- print bold("Usage: ")+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] "+turquoise("system")
- print
- print " \"emerge system\" is the Portage system update command. When run, it"
- print " will scan the etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what"
- print " packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum"
- print " requirements of your current system profile. Note that this doesn't"
- print " necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just"
- print " ensures that you have no missing parts. For example, if your system"
- print " profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed"
- print " and you don't, then \"emerge system\" will install it (the most"
- print " recent version that matches the profile spec) for you. It's always a"
- print " good idea to do an \"emerge --pretend system\" before an \"emerge"
- print " system\", just so you know what emerge is planning to do."
- print
- elif myaction=="world":
- print
- print bold("Usage: ")+turquoise("emerge")+" [ "+green("options")+" ] "+turquoise("world")
- print
- print " 'emerge world' is the Portage command for completely updating your"
- print " system. The normal procedure is to first do an 'emerge --sync' and"
- print " then an 'emerge --update --deep world'. The first command brings your"
- print " local Portage tree up-to-date with the latest version information and"
- print " ebuilds. The second command then rebuilds all packages for which newer"
- print " versions or newer ebuilds have become available since you last did a"
- print " sync and update."
- print
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