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From: Xavier Neys <neysx@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: portage-utils.xml
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 15:19:13
Message-Id: 20060501151857.82336642F2@smtp.gentoo.org
1 neysx 06/05/01 15:18:57
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3 Modified: portage-utils.xml
4 Log:
5 #123327 c5 & c11, portage-utils is *NOT* meant to replace gentoolkit
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7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.2 xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml
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10 file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
11 plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
12 diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2&cvsroot=gentoo
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14 Index: portage-utils.xml
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16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.1
18 retrieving revision 1.2
19 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
20 --- portage-utils.xml 30 Apr 2006 18:45:09 -0000 1.1
21 +++ portage-utils.xml 1 May 2006 15:18:57 -0000 1.2
22 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
23 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
24 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml,v 1.1 2006/04/30 18:45:09 nightmorph Exp $ -->
25 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml,v 1.2 2006/05/01 15:18:57 neysx Exp $ -->
26 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
27
28 <guide link="/doc/en/portage-utils.xml">
29 @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
30 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
31 <license/>
32
33 -<version>1.0</version>
34 -<date>2006-04-30</date>
35 +<version>1.1</version>
36 +<date>2006-05-01</date>
37
38 <chapter>
39 <title>Introduction</title>
40 @@ -35,17 +35,13 @@
41
42 <p>
43 <c>portage-utils</c> is a collection of very fast utilities written in C, which
44 -are meant to replace their counterparts included in <c>gentoolkit</c>. Although
45 -<c>portage-utils</c> is not yet capable of fully replacing <c>gentoolkit</c>,
46 -its utilities are much more efficient than the equivalent ones from
47 -<c>gentoolkit</c>.
48 -</p>
49 -
50 -<p>
51 -The removal of <c>gentoolkit</c> in favor of <c>portage-utils</c> is
52 -discouraged, as <c>gentoolkit</c> contains some functions not implemented in
53 -<c>portage-utils</c> yet, like <c>revdep-rebuild</c> and <c>glsa-check</c>.
54 -Instead, you may want to consider having them both installed.
55 +are meant to offer a faster but more limited alternative to their
56 +<c>gentoolkit</c> counterparts. Please note that <c>portage-utils</c> is not
57 +meant to replace <c>gentoolkit</c>. Its utilities are much more efficient than
58 +the equivalent ones from <c>gentoolkit</c> and might be better suited to be
59 +used in scripts that need to call Portage repeatedly, but <c>portage-utils</c>
60 +does not offer the same functionalities. It does not consider eclasses at all
61 +and does not provide tools like <c>revdep-rebuild</c> and <c>glsa-check</c>.
62 </p>
63
64 <p>
65
66
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