Re: [gentoo-user] Can I get a tip for reading eix output?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 16 June 2009 14:46:53 bn wrote:
> Alan McKinnon ha scritto:
> >> What do the `!t' entries following the versions available mean?
> >
> > RESTRICT="test"
> >
> > You can find a clue in sub-section "Slots" under main heading "OUTPUT"
>
> Which in turn, means?
> m.

Before I answer, did you look for the section in the man page at all? It seems 
pretty straightforward to me:

OUTPUT
   Slots
       In contrast to usual output of versions in emerge, eix can  also  print
       slot  names  if they are nonempty and different from "0".  Whether this
       happens is determined by the PRINT_SLOTS variable and by the content of
       the FORMATSTRING.

       If  slots are printed, the slot name is separated from the version num-
       ber either with a colon, or the slot names are written in braces.   You
       can  choose  the  preferred  modes with the COLON_SLOTS variable.  Some
       Examples:

[snip]

       1.0+i+l+v+s!f!m!p!b!s!t!u!i!d
              This is version 1.0 which is subject to  PROPERTIES="interactive
              live  virtual  set" as well as RESTRICT="fetch mirror primaryuri
              binchecks strip test userpriv installsources bindist"

It should be immediately obvious from reading the first two screens of text in 
that man page that the author is utterly completely clueless about authoring 
user documentation. It's about as helpful and communicative if he'd just done 
a code dump.

With that in mind, it becomes apparent that the listed flags are all the 
initial letter of the words in the PROPERTIES and RESTRICT lists. It's 
confusing as hell, that's why I said you'd find a clue (and not a definitive 
answer). Anyways, those items in the lists are all settings/variables 
applicable to make.conf, fully described in the relevant man page.

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