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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-22 09:30:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-02-22 09:30:09 -0800 |
| commit | 140dc44ad476dcabec965cd822f50180add8ca04 (patch) | |
| tree | 0cac6328a205b75e64d667df7c29210df1a37fa1 /man | |
| parent | show_depclean_suggestion: use ewarn, not einfo (diff) | |
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emerge.1: mention revdep-rebuild in depclean docs
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 6 |
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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 <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. +\-\-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 |