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From: Andrew D Kirch <trelane@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] `paludis --info' is not like `emerge --info'
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:29:21
Message-Id: 49D976FD.5060601@trelane.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] `paludis --info' is not like `emerge --info' by Timothy Redaelli
1 Timothy Redaelli wrote:
2 > On Saturday 04 April 2009 18:12:09 Thilo Bangert wrote:
3 >
4 >>> 'guess'. Like how you have to guess what use flags are really being
5 >>> used for the package in question, because it doesn't tell you?
6 >>>
7 >> i'd like to ask the developers of package managers to standardize this.
8 >> having <packagmanager> --info be the same no matter who you like best is
9 >> incredibly usefull.
10 >>
11 >> while we are at it, emerge --info output may or may not be made even more
12 >> usefull...
13 >>
14 >
15 > i think it's better to develop an "emerge --info package" like "paludis --info
16 > package".
17 > Since it's better to have an ebuild-scope environment than a global one (for
18 > package.use/bashrc)
19 >
20 >
21 I think it's best as a general rule to NEVER _EVER_ under any
22 circumstances emulate paludis.
23
24 Andrew

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