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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-08 11:52:03 -0800 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-08 11:52:03 -0800 |
| commit | 88249c4a47c0354724f1d7e387c1695e4953e2d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 1bbe1b4970bb061252eac34d4ca1598712dc3c2f /man | |
| parent | emerge: support ../ path arguments (diff) | |
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emerge.1: clarify docs for package argumentsv2.2.0_alpha23
This will fix bug #354137.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 5a18a9c04..42b26cde7 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ and binary packages, and it can be used to create binary packages for distribution. .SH "EBUILDS, TBZ2S, SETS AND ATOMS" \fBemerge\fR primarily installs packages. You can specify -packages to install in one of four main ways: an \fIebuild\fR, -a \fItbz2file\fR, a \fIset\fR, or an \fIatom\fR. +packages to install in five possible ways: an \fIatom\fR, +a \fIset\fR, an installed \fIfile\fR, an \fIebuild\fR, or +a \fItbz2file\fR. .LP .TP .BR ebuild @@ -52,8 +53,9 @@ A \fItbz2file\fR must be a valid .tbz2 created with \fBebuild .TP .BR file A \fIfile\fR must be a file or directory that has been installed by one or -more packages. For directories that are owned by multiple packages, all -owning packages to be selected. See the portageq(1) owners command if you +more packages. If an absolute path is not used, then it must begin with +either "./" or "../". For directories that are owned by multiple packages, all +owning packages will be selected. See the portageq(1) owners command if you would like to query the owners of one or more files or directories. .TP .BR set |