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From: Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:54:25
Message-Id: 20090804085237.GA11775@zoidberg.hsd1.mi.comcast.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages? by felix@crowfix.com
1 On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:46:43AM -0700, felix@×××××××.com wrote:
2 > There used to be a package which ran after a sync to report new and
3 > updated packages. At some point a year ago or so, it disappeared. I
4 > have long since forgotten its name.
5 >
6 > Is there some way to do this now? I could probably write some script
7 > to simply search /usr/portage for ebuilds which were modified or
8 > created since the last time it ran, but I can see it having a few
9 > false positives from other changes.
10 >
11 > --
12 > ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._.
13 > Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@×××××××.com
14 > GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933
15 > I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o
16 >
17
18 It sounds like you're thinking of the eix-diff application that comes with eix.
19 When using eix-sync, it's run after the sync is complete to update the eix
20 database; but it can be run by itself. To update a eix database, run 'eix-diff
21 /var/cache/eix.previous /var/cache/eix' after you run eix-update. It will show
22 all new ebuilds, what was removed, et cetera.
23
24 Hope that helps.
25 --
26 Jake Todd
27 // If it isn't broke, tweak it!

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