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On 26 May 2009, at 10:57, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> Stroller wrote: |
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>> Hi there, |
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>> When I install a new package I run `emerge -pv foo` to look at the |
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>> USEs it supports. In the past I have looked these up just by |
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>> grepping, e.g.: |
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>> $ grep foo /usr/portage/profiles/use.* |
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>> /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc:foomaticdb - Adds support for the |
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>> foomatic printing driver database |
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>> $ |
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>> However I have recently learned to use `euse -i foo` instead. This |
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>> is much more convienient than grepping because one can use the Bash |
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>> history: up-arrow, ctrl-w to delete the last word & type in or |
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>> paste the name of the next USE to check it. However this is clumsy |
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>> when you have a package (like mplayer) with many USE flags. |
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>> What I would like to be able to do is: |
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>> $ $magicusecommand category/package |
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>> doc - Install HTML wxWidgets docs and wxpython API reference. |
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>> examples - Install interactive demo module browser and sample |
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>> applets. |
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>> samba - Adds support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing) |
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>> $ |
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>> The command should print out the descriptions for ALL the USE flags |
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>> supported by the category/package, but only for that category/ |
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>> package. Ideally it should show if they're currently enabled or not. |
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>> I can't be the only person to desire this feature - surely there |
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>> must be a package or command do do this. I can't find this in `man |
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>> portage` as an advanced version of `emerge -pv package`. Can anyone |
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>> tell me what $magicusecommand is called, please? |
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> equery uses <package atom> |
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Many thanks! |
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I have been for sometime trying to be able to make something useful of |
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Justin's advice. euse & quse are incorrect, but emeta looks like it |
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will do the job; emteta is in the genscripts overlay, but layman has |
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been frustrating me. |
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Your suggestion has solved the problem immediately. |
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Many thanks! |
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Stroller. |
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