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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-04-21 05:14:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2008-04-21 05:14:53 +0000 |
| commit | 346feda72e1f9347926bc8a423475a01f31b0efd (patch) | |
| tree | 489236e35a2e16d885921e18489de923ec3cdf46 /man | |
| parent | Fix portage version, should be >=2.1.5. (diff) | |
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Document FEATURES="metadata-transfer" changes some more.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=9934
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/emerge.1 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/portage.5 | 4 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 1e6b4239..772a70a4 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ tail end of an rsync update using \fBemerge \-\-sync\fR. This process populates the cache database that portage uses for pre-parsed lookups of package data. It does not populate cache for the overlays listed in PORTDIR_OVERLAY. In order to generate cache for overlays, use \fB\-\-regen\fR. +In versions of portage >=2.1.5 the \-\-metadata action is totally unnecessary +unless the user has enabled FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). .TP .BR "\-\-prune " (\fB\-P\fR) \fBWARNING: This action can remove important packages!\fR Removes all but the diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 792491b8..9164ada8 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -392,7 +392,9 @@ transfer or regenerate metadata cache. Users of the rsync tree need to run `emerge \-\-metadata` if they have enabled FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). In order to regenerate metadata for repositories listed in \fBPORTDIR_OVERLAY\fR or a cvs tree, run `emerge \-\-regen` -(see \fBemerge\fR(1)). +(see \fBemerge\fR(1)). If you use something like the sqlite module and want +to keep all metadata in that format alone (useful for querying), enable +FEATURES="metadata-transfer" in \fBmake.conf\fR(5). .TP .BR package.keywords Per\-package KEYWORDS. Useful for mixing unstable packages in with a normally |