>>>>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Doug Goldstein wrote:

> After a category is converted, it will be auto-generated EXCLUSIVELY
> from metadata.xml.

A minor issue: use.local.desc is not sorted properly anymore.
It should be sorted by category/package first, then by the USE flag.

For example (they are all in reverse order now):
   app-editors/emacs < app-editors/emacs-cvs
   dev-db/postgresql < dev-db/postgresql-base
   dev-java/ant < dev-java/ant-tasks
   x11-libs/qt < x11-libs/qt-core

I think something like "sort -t -k1,1" should do the job.

Ulrich