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authorNicholas Jones <carpaski@gentoo.org>2004-02-06 21:12:34 +0000
committerNicholas Jones <carpaski@gentoo.org>2004-02-06 21:12:34 +0000
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tree16c65aa4d1b85384712b7c5bf182e2e6c0dfaef9 /man
parentfixed typo in digestgen() call (diff)
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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index cefc329..db69bfa 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
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@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ it may remove packages necessary for the proper operation of your
system. Its arguments can be \fIebuilds\fR, \fIclasses\fR, or
\fIdependencies\fR \-\- see \fBclean\fR above for examples.
.SH "OPTIONS"
+.TP
+.BR "\-\-ask " (\fB\-a\fR)
+Before performing the merge, display what ebuilds and tbz2s will
+be installed, in the same format as when using \fB\-\-pretend\fR; then
+ask whether to continue with the merge or abort. Using \fB\-\-ask\fR is
+more efficient than using \fB\-\-pretend\fR and then executing the same
+command without \fB\-\-pretend\fR, as dependencies will only need to be
+calculated once.
.TP
.BR "\-\-buildpkg " (\fB\-b\fR)
Tells emerge to build binary packages for all ebuilds processed in
@@ -498,4 +506,4 @@ Phil Bordelon <sunflare@gentoo.org>
.br
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
.SH "CVS HEADER"
-$Id: emerge.1,v 1.46 2004/01/20 23:24:15 genone Exp $
+$Id: emerge.1,v 1.47 2004/02/06 21:12:34 carpaski Exp $