Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Ashley McKenzie <ash@×××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Re: Re: Re: requirements for a more stable portage tree
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:05:29
Message-Id: 20040225140521.GB14215@rebellion.the-rebellion.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] Re: Re: Re: requirements for a more stable portage tree by Jerry McBride
1 If you run /usr/sbin/esync (which is included with the esearch package), it will
2 perform an 'emerge sync' followed by an 'eupdatedb'..
3
4 Also, it will print to stdout in a nice format the new ebuilds from the 'emerge
5 sync'
6
7 :)
8
9 On 24/02/04, Jerry McBride wrote:
10 > To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
11 > From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
12 > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:34:03 -0500
13 > Subject: [gentoo-server] Re: Re: Re: requirements for a more stable portage tree
14 >
15 > Ruben Vandille wrote:
16 >
17 > > On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 04:46, Jerry McBride wrote:
18 > >> > There are some plusses to having the database backend: Centralized
19 > >> > tree, and fast queries. Downside: Extra complexity, and how often do
20 > >> > you need to query the tree anyway?
21 > >> >
22 > >>
23 > >> I like Linux and I love Gentoo's wide selection of applications. I'm
24 > >> constantly poking around the portage tree... :')
25 > >
26 > > emerge esearch
27 > > and run "eupdatedb" after you've synced
28 > >
29 > > It's not THE solution, but I like/use it verry much
30 > >
31 > > R.
32 >
33 > Yes, an excellent search engine. The only hitch is updating the database...
34 > but then again, if cron is doing the work when I'm asleep... who cares. :')
35 >
36 > Cheers.
37 >
38 >
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40 >
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48 >

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Re: [gentoo-server] Re: Re: Re: requirements for a more stable portage tree Bart Van Kerkhove <overige.vk@×××××××.be>