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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index 5c36dc1f0..e30f5f813 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -981,21 +981,15 @@ Set the \fBROOT\fR environment variable. Set the \fBSYSROOT\fR environment variable. .TP .BR \-\-root\-deps[=rdeps] -If no argument is given then build\-time dependencies of packages for -\fBROOT\fR are installed to \fBROOT\fR instead of /. -If the \fBrdeps\fR argument is given then discard all build\-time dependencies -of packages for \fBROOT\fR. -This option is only meaningful when used together with \fBROOT\fR and it should -not be enabled under normal circumstances! +This option is only meaningful when used together with \fBROOT\fR. -Does not affect EAPIs that support \fBBDEPEND\fR. \fBEAPI 7\fR introduces -\fBBDEPEND\fR as a means to adjust installation into / and \fBROOT\fR. Use -the \fBSYSROOT\fR environment variable to control where \fBDEPEND\fR -is installed to under \fBEAPI 7\fR. +If no argument is given, then build\-time dependencies of packages for +\fBROOT\fR are installed to \fBROOT\fR as well as /. -When ebuilds with different EAPIs feature in the same emerge run, the -appropriate behaviour for each EAPI is applied independently to each -ebuild. +If the \fBrdeps\fR argument is given, then all build\-time dependencies of +packages for \fBROOT\fR are ignored entirely. This option should not be enabled +under normal circumstances! It is not applied to ebuilds at \fBEAPI 7\fR or +later. .TP .BR "\-\-search\-index < y | n >" Enable or disable indexed search for search actions. This option is |