exact: Search for exact string, e.g.\ do not use regular expression matching. verbose: | Show versions for packages that match the search. Also shows problems encountered during parsing. These are mostly diagnostic and indicate possible incorrectness in the results. quiet: Ignored for compatibility with other qapplets. describe: | Describe the USE flag, when no USE-flag given and combined with \fB-p\fR, lists all USE-flags with their descriptions (and enabled state prefixed with an asterisk when used with \fB-I\fR) per package.