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On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:31:54AM +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: |
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> The reason for using "g-" was so typing "g-<tab>" will get ALL gentoo |
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> utilities. Otherwise the advantage of being consistent and hierarchal |
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> is largely lost (you do need a (hopefully) short "top of tree" |
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> identifier for the hierarchy). You will also need to allow for other |
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> configuration tools such as g-cpan.pl which is a gentoo utility, but is |
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> really perl module installer similar to emerge. |
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Try this: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge gentoolkit |
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makewhatis |
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apropos gentoo |
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I'll see if we can't add the Gentoo keyword to all our other tools' |
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man page descriptions as well. |
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Naturally, I think unifying the nomenclature is a good thing, but I'm |
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not entirely certain I want long names for my tools. I find apropos |
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to be a better solution for that. |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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