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Try emerging esearch |
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emerge esearch |
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eupdatedb |
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esearch <packagename> |
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FrostFire |
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> Hello, |
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> First off, sorry if this isn't the right place! |
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> I didn't see anything more appropriate though, except |
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> perhaps Portage-dev, but I'm not a developer. |
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> I'm a FreeBSD user switching to Gentoo for my home |
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> system. Linux 2.6 is a LOT more stable than any |
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> FreeBSD 5.x-RELEASE kernels right now, and Linux |
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> has much better support for Wine and such. |
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> One of the most obvious differences between FreeBSD |
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> ports and Gentoo Portage is how LONG it takes to |
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> search for ports/packages with Portage. |
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> I have 525 ports installed on my FreeBSD laptop right |
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> now, and probably only half of that installed on the |
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> Gentoo machine, but the gentoo machine crunches a lot |
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> more doing a --search than the FreeBSD machine does |
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> with a pkg_version -vs 'name'. |
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> And forget about --searchdesc! That takes ages! |
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> Is portage not hash indexed or something? |
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> Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator |
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> WingNET Internet Services, |
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> P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 |
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> 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) |
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> http://www.wingnet.net |
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