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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-04-30 06:47:20 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2009-04-30 06:47:20 +0000
commita2d94563a6659b9fb5f71989d0ea06c42820b1b7 (patch)
tree10813415d5cdead2df438035ad103043758e5675 /man
parentAdd support for --rdeps-only and --root-deps options which are useful in (diff)
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Add a --root option that sets $ROOT (complements the --config-root option).
(trunk r13246) svn path=/main/branches/2.1.6/; revision=13425
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index bccb0ed3..c5aff973 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ changed since installation. Unlike \fB\-\-newuse\fR, this option does
not trigger reinstallation when flags that the user has not
enabled are added or removed.
.TP
+.BR \-\-root=DIR
+Set the \fBROOT\fR environment variable.
+.TP
.BR "\-\-root\-deps"
Install build\-time dependencies to \fBROOT\fR instead of /. This option
should not be enabled under normal circumstances. For currently supported
@@ -485,7 +488,8 @@ command line.
.TP
\fBROOT\fR = \fI[path]\fR
Use \fBROOT\fR to specify the target root filesystem to be used for
-merging packages or ebuilds. This variable can be set in \fBmake.conf\fR(5).
+merging packages or ebuilds. This variable can be set via the \fB\-\-root\fR
+option or in \fBmake.conf\fR(5) (the command line overrides other settings).
.br
Defaults to /.
.TP