From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Pm4Qq-0007AJ-VS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:13:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6243CE0BB9; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33769E0BAA for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pelican.gentoo.org (unknown [66.219.59.40]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 947A71B42E2 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:10:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pelican.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2B7580074 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:10:02 +0000 (UTC) From: "Thomas Sachau" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Thomas Sachau" Message-ID: <91abbdbc96a91fad0e847a763ad0fb1b8437e88a.tommy@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/portage:multilib commit in: man/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/portage X-VCS-Files: man/emerge.1 X-VCS-Directories: man/ X-VCS-Committer: tommy X-VCS-Committer-Name: Thomas Sachau X-VCS-Revision: 91abbdbc96a91fad0e847a763ad0fb1b8437e88a Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:10:02 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 5328c85e31eb5cdff95c0ccbd9cee107 commit: 91abbdbc96a91fad0e847a763ad0fb1b8437e88a Author: Zac Medico gentoo org> AuthorDate: Wed Feb 2 22:25:55 2011 +0000 Commit: Thomas Sachau gentoo org> CommitDate: Wed Feb 2 22:25:55 2011 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=3Dproj/portage.git;a= =3Dcommit;h=3D91abbdbc emerge.1: Document mask display for bug 58416. --- man/emerge.1 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index ecece76..634a5a2 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -713,6 +713,28 @@ it was last installed. For information about all \f= BUSE\fR symbols, see the displayed when you use the \fB\-\-pretend\fR and \fB\-\-verbose\fR optio= ns. Using the \fB\-\-quiet\fR option will prevent all information from being displayed. +.TP +.B [ebuild U *] sys\-apps/portage\-2.2.0_alpha6 [2.1.9.25] +Portage 2.1.9.25 is installed, but if you run the command, then +portage will upgrade to version 2.2.0_alpha6. In this case, +\fB\-\-verbose\fR causes the \fB*\fR symbol to be displayed, in +order to indicate that version 2.2.0_alpha6 is masked by missing +keyword. The following symbols are used to indicate various types +of masking: + +.TS +l l +__ +c l. +Symbol Mask Type + +# package.mask +* missing keyword +~ unstable keyword +.TE +.TP + + .SH "NOTES" You should almost always precede any package install or update attempt w= ith a=20 \fB\-\-pretend\fR install or update. This lets you see how much will be= =20