print " "+bold("<=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1")+" matches"
print " binutils-2.11.90.0.7 and binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r1"
print
+ print " "+green("--config")
+ print " Runs package-specific operations that must be executed after an"
+ print " emerge process has completed. This usually entails configuration"
+ print " file setup or other similar setups that the user may wish to run."
+ print
print " "+green("--depclean")
print " Cleans the system by removing packages that are not associated"
print " with explicitly merged packages. Depclean works by creating the"
print " run with the '--verbose' flag."
print
print " "+green("--metadata")
- print " Causes portage to process all the metacache files as is normally done"
- print " on the tail end of an rsync update using "+bold("emerge --sync")+". The"
- print " processing creates the cache database that portage uses for"
+ print " Causes portage to process all the metacache files as is normally "
+ print " done on the tail end of an rsync update using "+bold("emerge --sync")+"."
+ print " This processing creates the cache database that portage uses for"
print " pre-parsed lookups of package data."
print
print " "+green("--prune")+" ("+green("-P")+" short option)"
print " users as rsync updates the cache using server-side caches."
print " Rsync users should simply 'emerge --sync' to regenerate."
print
+ print " "+green("--resume")
+ print " Resumes the last merge operation. It can be treated just like a"
+ print " regular emerge: --pretend and other options work alongside it."
+ print " 'emerge --resume' only returns an error on failure. When there is"
+ print " nothing to do, it exits with a message and a success condition."
+ print
print " "+green("--search")+" ("+green("-s")+" short option)"
- print " searches for matches of the supplied string in the current local"
- print " portage tree. The search string is a regular expression. Prepending"
- print " the expression with a '@' will cause the category to be included in"
- print " the search."
+ print " Searches for matches of the supplied string in the current local"
+ print " portage tree. The search string is a regular expression."
+ print " Prepending the expression with a '@' will cause the category to"
+ print " be included in the search."
print " A few examples:"
print " "+bold("emerge search '^kde'")
print " list all packages starting with kde"
print " "+bold("emerge search @^dev-java.*jdk")
print " list all available Java JDKs"
print
+ print " "+green("--searchdesc")+" ("+green("-S")+" short option)"
+ print " Matches the search string against the description field as well"
+ print " the package's name. Take caution as the descriptions are also"
+ print " matched as regular expressions."
+ print " emerge -S html"
+ print " emerge -S applet"
+ print " emerge -S 'perl.*module'"
+ print
print " "+green("--unmerge")+" ("+green("-C")+" short option)"
print " "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!")
print " Removes all matching packages "+bold("completely")+" from"
print " your system. Specify arguments using the dependency specification"
print " format described in the "+bold("--clean")+" action above."
print
- print " "+green("--config")
- print " Run package specific actions needed to be executed after the"
- print " emerge process has completed. This usually entails configuration"
- print " file setup or other similar setups that the user may wish to run."
+ print " "+green("--update")+" ("+green("-u")+" short option)"
+ print " Updates packages to the best version available, which may not"
+ print " always be the highest version number due to masking for testing"
+ print " and development. This will also update direct dependencies which"
+ print " may not what you want. In general use this option only in combi-"
+ print " nation with the world or system target."
+ print
+ print " "+green("--version")+" ("+green("-V")+" short option)"
+ print " Displays the currently installed version of portage along with"
+ print " other information useful for quick reference on a system. See"
+ print " "+bold("emerge info")+" for more advanced information."
print
print turquoise("Options:")
print " "+green("--alphabetical")
- print " When displaying USE and other flag output, combines the enabled and"
- print " disabled lists into one list and sorts the whole list"
- print " alphabetically. With this option, output such as USE=\"dar -bar"
- print " -foo\" will instead be displayed as USE=\"-bar dar -foo\""
+ print " When displaying USE and other flag output, combines the enabled"
+ print " and disabled flags into a single list and sorts it alphabetically."
+ print " With this option, output such as USE=\"dar -bar -foo\" will instead"
+ print " be displayed as USE=\"-bar dar -foo\""
print
print " "+green("--ask")+" ("+green("-a")+" short option)"
print " before performing the merge, display what ebuilds and tbz2s will"
print " Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have "
print " changed since installation."
print
+ print " "+green("--nocolor")
+ print " Suppresses color in the output."
+ print
print " "+green("--noconfmem")
print " Portage keeps track of files that have been placed into"
print " CONFIG_PROTECT directories, and normally it will not merge the"
print " Effects vary, but the general outcome is a reduced or condensed"
print " output from portage's displays."
print
- print " "+green("--resume")
- print " Resumes the last merge operation. Can be treated just like a"
- print " regular merge as --pretend and other options work along side."
- print " 'emerge --resume' only returns an error on failure. Nothing to"
- print " do exits with a message and a success condition."
- print
- print " "+green("--searchdesc")+" ("+green("-S")+" short option)"
- print " Matches the search string against the description field as well"
- print " the package's name. Take caution as the descriptions are also"
- print " matched as regular expressions."
- print " emerge -S html"
- print " emerge -S applet"
- print " emerge -S 'perl.*module'"
- print
print " "+green("--skipfirst")
print " This option is only valid in a resume situation. It removes the"
print " first package in the resume list so that a merge may continue in"
print " a package's dependencies follow the package. Only really useful"
print " in combination with --emptytree, --update or --deep."
print
- print " "+green("--update")+" ("+green("-u")+" short option)"
- print " Updates packages to the best version available, which may not"
- print " always be the highest version number due to masking for testing"
- print " and development. This will also update direct dependencies which"
- print " may not what you want. In general use this option only in combi-"
- print " nation with the world or system target."
- print
print " "+green("--usepkg")+" ("+green("-k")+" short option)"
print " Tell emerge to use binary packages (from $PKGDIR) if they are"
print " available, thus possibly avoiding some time-consuming compiles."
print " Effects vary, but the general outcome is an increased or expanded"
print " display of content in portage's displays."
print
- print " "+green("--version")+" ("+green("-V")+" short option)"
- print " Displays the currently installed version of portage along with"
- print " other information useful for quick reference on a system. See"
- print " "+bold("emerge --info")+" for more advanced information."
- print
elif myaction == "sync":
print
print bold("Usage: ")+turquoise("emerge")+" "+turquoise("--sync")
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