From 140dc44ad476dcabec965cd822f50180add8ca04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:30:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] emerge.1: mention revdep-rebuild in depclean docs --- man/emerge.1 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 7b27089fd..dd26d5266 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ always be kept. They can be manually added to this set with \fIemerge \-\-noreplace \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. +\-\-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. \fBWARNING:\fR Inexperienced users are advised to use \fB\-\-pretend\fR with this -- 2.26.2