From a948b62e27679033e5f0a6a2fd25706a50c5cd12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 20:44:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document greedy atoms for the --update option. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=4640 --- man/emerge.1 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 9fe706cfb..040305941 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ system. Its arguments can be \fIebuilds\fR, \fIsets\fR, or .BR "\-\-update " (\fB\-u\fR) Updates packages to the best version available, which may not always be the highest version number due to masking for testing and development. This will -also update direct dependencies which may not be what you want. In general, -use this option only in combination with the world or system target. +also update direct dependencies which may not be what you want. Package atoms +specified on the command line are greedy, meaning that unspecific atoms may +match multiple installed versions of slotted packages. .TP .BR "\-\-version " (\fB\-V\fR) Displays the version number of \fBemerge\fR. -- 2.26.2