\-\-noreplace <atom>\fR. As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any
packages unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a
consequence, it is often necessary to run \fIemerge \-\-update \-\-newuse
-\-\-deep @world\fR prior to depclean. Also note that
-depclean may break link level dependencies, especially when the
-\fB\-\-depclean\-lib\-check\fR option is disabled. Thus, it is
-recommended to use a tool such as \fBrevdep-rebuild\fR(1)
-in order to detect such breakage.
+\-\-deep @world\fR prior to depclean.
\fBWARNING:\fR
Inexperienced users are advised to use \fB\-\-pretend\fR with this
will be uninstalled. Always study the list of packages
to be cleaned for any obvious mistakes. Note that packages listed in
package.provided (see \fBportage\fR(5)) may be removed by
-depclean, even if they are part of the world set.
+depclean, even if they are part of the world set. Also note that
+depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus, it is
+recommended to use a tool such as \fBrevdep-rebuild\fR(1)
+in order to detect such breakage.
Depclean serves as a dependency aware
version of \fB\-\-unmerge\fR. When given one or more atoms, it will
behavior with respect to build time dependencies that are not strictly
required.
.TP
-.BR "\-\-depclean\-lib\-check [ y | n ]"
-Account for library link-level dependencies during
-\fB\-\-depclean\fR and \fB\-\-prune\fR actions. This
-option is enabled by default. In some cases this can
-be somewhat time\-consuming. This option is ignored
-when FEATURES="preserve\-libs" is enabled in
-\fBmake.conf\fR(5), since any libraries that have
-consumers will simply be preserved.
-.TP
.BR "\-\-dynamic\-deps < y | n >"
In dependency calculations, substitute the dependencies of installed
packages with the dependencies of corresponding unbuilt ebuilds from
only required when using tools like \fBquickpkg\fR(1) which can cause
already prelinked files to be merged.
.TP
-.B preserve\-libs
-Preserve libraries when the sonames change during upgrade or downgrade.
-Libraries are preserved only if consumers of those libraries are detected.
-.TP
.B protect\-owned
This is identical to the \fIcollision\-protect\fR feature except that files
may be overwritten if they are not explicitly listed in the contents of a