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authorNicholas Jones <carpaski@gentoo.org>2004-10-05 07:11:26 +0000
committerNicholas Jones <carpaski@gentoo.org>2004-10-05 07:11:26 +0000
commit989277c2abf524272d016735de5352fb216e9ba0 (patch)
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parentgrammar fixes from #66346 (diff)
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Spork. Yes, that's about it.
Cleaned up the namespace of portage.py more. Digest changes to become more robust while maintaining compatability. Stuff like that. y See... Now using nano for a week or two has me doing vi commands that I was complaining about. Do you see the tretchery of nano? It seeps out and starts to eat away the fabric of your being. *sigh*
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-rw-r--r--man/emerge.110
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 9570da1..ec3952e 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ An \fIebuild\fR must be, at a minimum, a valid Portage
package directory name without a version or category, such as
\fBportage\fR or \fBpython\fR.
Both categories and version numbers may be used in addition, such
-as \fBsys\-apps/portage\fR or \fB=python\-2.2.1\-r2\fR. \fBemerge\fR
+as \fBsys\-apps/portage\fR or \fB=python\-2.2.1\-r2\fR.
+\fBemerge\fR
ignores a trailing slash so that filename completion can be used.
The \fIebuild\fR may also be an actual filename, such as
\fB/usr/portage/app\-admin/python/python\-2.2.1\-r2.ebuild\fR.
@@ -57,8 +58,9 @@ commands are generally used in conjunction with \fB\-\-update\fR.
.TP
.BR dependency
A \fIdependency\fR describes bounds on a package that you wish
-to install. For example, \fB>=dev\-lang/python\-2.2.1\-r2\fR
-matches the latest available version of Python greater than or equal
+to install. \fISee portage(5) for the details on these 'atoms'.\fR For
+example, \fB>=dev\-lang/python\-2.2.1\-r2\fR matches the latest
+available version of Python greater than or equal
to 2.2.1\-r2. Similarly, \fB<dev\-lang/python\-2.0\fR matches
the latest available version of Python before 2.0. Note that in many
shells you will need to escape characters such as '<' and '=';
@@ -547,4 +549,4 @@ Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Marius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org>
.br
.SH "CVS HEADER"
-$Id: emerge.1,v 1.63 2004/10/05 03:16:42 vapier Exp $
+$Id: emerge.1,v 1.64 2004/10/05 07:11:26 carpaski Exp $