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From: Tom Wesley <tom@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] where is the functionality of etcat
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:32
Message-Id: 20050712185054.482b3681@tom.tomaw.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] where is the functionality of etcat by Holly Bostick
1 On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:26:14 +0200
2 Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl> wrote:
3
4 > Rudmer van Dijk schreef:
5 > >
6 > > Holly: eix is probably not it, since it looks like it does not show the
7 > > availability of the package (masked+keyword), but thanks for the suggestion!
8 > >
9 > > Rudmer
10 >
11 > Actually, it most certainly does; keyworded packages are shown in brown
12 > with a ~ in front, masked packages are listed in red with a [M] in front.
13 >
14 > Of course you can use what suits you best; just wanted to clear up the
15 > misconception.
16 >
17 > Holly
18
19 I haven't seen anyone post this script as yet. It's by ciaranm and is
20 very useful when people ask on irc why a certain package version can't
21 be installed on their arch.
22
23 Sample output:
24 tom@tom ~ 0 0.67 $ eshowkw
25 gnome Keywords for gnome-base/gnome:
26
27 | a a a h i m m p p p p s s s x x x x
28 | l m r p a 6 i p p p p 3 h p 8 8 8 8
29 | p d m p 6 8 p c c c c 9 a 6 6 6 6
30 | h 6 a 4 k s 6 - - 0 r - - -
31 | a 4 4 m o c f o o
32 | a d b b d
33 | c s s
34 | o d d
35 | s
36 ------------+------------------------------------
37 1.4-r3 | - + +
38 2.8.2 | + + + + + + + +
39 2.8.3-r1 | ~ + + + ~ + + +
40 2.10 | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
41 2.10-r1 | + + + ~ + ~ + +
42 2.10.1_pre0 | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
43
44 Hope this is helpful to someone ;)
45
46 --
47 Tom Wesley <tom@×××××.org>

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Re: [gentoo-user] where is the functionality of etcat Rudmer van Dijk <rudmer@×××××××××××××.net>