Re: [gentoo-dev] portage: package queries

[Peter Kadau]

hi !

> > > is there some script/whatever in the portage system,
> > > to do tedious things like:
> > > - lookup to which package a file belongs
> > > - remove older versions of packages
> > > and the like ?

> > This is something I've been working on for Gentool. There is however some
> > resitance about adding this to the pkg-system, for some reason (Hi Lamer
> > ;p).

would you mind posting some <pkgscripts>.tar ?
or are they available in /usr/lib/portage somewhere
(after your commit and my {emerge rsync; emerge portage-<version>}) ?

> Lamer isn't in charge of Portage; I am.  So just because Lamer rants, grumbles
> and screams "bloody okra" doesn't mean there is resistance to add these
> features.  I want these features included, and I'm working on having others
> help me out with Portage so that Portage can be developed more aggressively.
> Once we start parallelizing our development properly, things will get done much
> faster.  But it will take some time and effort (and volunteerism) for this to
> happen.

speaking of effort, err, where do i find decent docs on portage as-is-current ?
i wouldn't mind adding/changing some shell-scripts to/on my system ;-)

> Best Regards,
> Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@g.o>

i'd really like those features being added...

thanks and ciao
peter

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