Re: [gentoo-user] Re: q-reinitialize script in portage-utils-0.10

[Mick]

On Wednesday 06 Jun 2012 20:30:19 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 06/06/12 21:30, Mick wrote:
> > Latest stable portage told me this:
> >   * Messages for package app-portage/portage-utils-0.10:
> >
> >   * /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize has been installed for
> >   convenience * If you wish for it to be automatically run at the end of
> >   every --sync: *    # chmod +x /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize
> >   * Normally this should only take a few seconds to run but file systems
> >   * such as ext3 can take a lot longer.  To disable, simply do:
> >   *    # chmod -x /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize
> >
> > but it did not tell me *why* and I don't understand what "Reinitialize
> > ebuild cache" mean.
> >
> > In case this makes any odds, I am using eix.  Do I need the above script?
>
> The q tool has it's own database. q-reinitialize updates it. It takes
> 0.1 seconds to complete, so you can just activate it and forget about
> it. You can also execute it manually to see how fast it is.

Thanks Nikos, is this a database to be used by the q tools, or for some other 
purpose?

I am trying to understand if I will be duplicating what eix does.
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Regards,
Mick