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On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:35:28 +0100 Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@××××.dk> wrote: |
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> either. As an extra bonus eupdatedb (which does look go through the vdb too) |
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> is a lot slower that its eix equivalent (update-eix). ;) So can anyone |
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> mention any advantage of esearch compared to eix? |
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I like esearch's compact output more than eix's. It shows if you |
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can/need update the package and if it is masked. |
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For example, here 'U' shows that I have installed older version of |
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screen so I should update it. And 'M' in next line shows that screenie |
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is masked. (Descriptions are cut.) |
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$ esearch -cF app-misc/screen |
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[ U] app-misc/screen (4.0.3): Screen is a full-screen ... |
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[MN] app-misc/screenie (1.30.0): Screenie is a small and ... |
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eix gives following output on the same request: |
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$ eix -cA app-misc/screen |
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[I] app-misc/screen (4.0.2-r5): Screen is a full-screen ... |
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[N] app-misc/screenie (): Screenie is a small and ... |
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Found 2 matches. |
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Robert |
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Robert Cernansky |
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E-mail: hslists2@××××××.sk |
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Jabber: HS@××××××.sk |
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