On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 17:07:36 +0800, Kevin Shell wrote:

> > emerge is the high level command normally used by users to manage
> > packages. ebuild is only used for installing and removing packages,
> > emerge does a lot more besides, and is a more low level command.
> > ebuild.sh is for use by portage, bit by users.
> >  
> Is ebuild(1) meant for standalone use and not used by emerge(1)?
> I know ebuild.sh is used by emerge(1).

Yes it is, I guess that's why it has a man page and ebuild.sh doesn't.

However, in normal use of a Gentoo system, it shouldn't be needed.
However, it can come in handy if you have to abort a lengthy ebuild and
don't want to start over.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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