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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2006-12-28 13:43:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2006-12-28 13:43:25 +0000 |
| commit | aa4334a1727b94a66319f3a16df86266989de134 (patch) | |
| tree | d8f01916eb17109b0aecfd55c03bf4ee89b15166 /pym/emergehelp.py | |
| parent | Make portdbapi.flush_cache() consistent with vardbapi.flush_cache(). (diff) | |
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Update emerge --metadata docs for more clarity.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=5404
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diff --git a/pym/emergehelp.py b/pym/emergehelp.py index e9949dd2..e7f87aac 100644 --- a/pym/emergehelp.py +++ b/pym/emergehelp.py @@ -80,10 +80,13 @@ def help(myaction,myopts,havecolor=1): print " run with the '--verbose' flag." print print " "+green("--metadata") - print " Causes portage to process all the metacache files as is normally " - print " done on the tail end of an rsync update using "+bold("emerge --sync")+"." - print " This processing creates the cache database that portage uses for" - print " pre-parsed lookups of package data." + print " Transfers metadata cache from ${PORTDIR}/metadata/cache/ to" + print " /var/cache/edb/dep/ as is normally done on the tail end of an" + print " rsync update using " + bold("emerge --sync") + ". This process populates the" + print " cache database that portage uses for pre-parsed lookups of" + print " package data. It does not populate cache for the overlays" + print " listed in PORTDIR_OVERLAY. In order to generate cache for" + print " overlays, use " + bold("--regen") + "." print print " "+green("--prune")+" ("+green("-P")+" short option)" print " "+turquoise("WARNING: This action can remove important packages!") |