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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] @preserved-rebuild how to find out the contents of
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 16:09:22
Message-Id: CAGfcS_=Ei6D_6jsAOGRJMhvUWCv8hr+KEaUWARnp275viLrP5A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] @preserved-rebuild how to find out the contents of by Andrew Udvare
1 On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 11:03 AM Andrew Udvare <audvare@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > > On Dec 29, 2018, at 10:47, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××.be> wrote:
4 > >
5 > > How can I find out the list of packages in @preserved-rebuild?
6 >
7 > There's a JSON file in /var/db/portage
8 >
9
10 Not sure if there is anything that directly targets the API here, but
11 this will probably work:
12 emerge -p --nodeps @preserved-rebuild
13
14 In general it is better to use portage or its API to read the package
15 database than to go reading files directly.
16
17 --
18 Rich

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