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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 22 May 2006 12:28:22 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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>> > AFAIK there's no database of Gentoo packages such as you ask for. |
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>> > Such a database would be inaccurate, because package contents are USE |
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>> > flag dependent, so anyone charitable enough to set one up would |
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>> > probably spend most of their time fielding questions about incorrect |
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>> > data :( |
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>> Nah, not necessarily. For every listed file, it would be required |
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>> to show to which package(s) it belongs and also, how those packages |
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>> were built (ie. with which USE flags). So, not only the listing |
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>> of all the CONTENT files would be of interest, but also the keyword |
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>> (ie. x86, amd64, ...) and the associated USE flags. |
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> How many permutations would there be. |
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"Some" :) |
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> Packages lke mplayer and php use |
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> dozens of USE flags, compiling with every combination would a day |
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> and forever (which is longer than forever and a day). |
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Well, that's necessarily a community effort. For the very reason |
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that you just mentioned, it's not realistically, that just one |
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person provides a list. |
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But if "every" person would contribute, a "complete" database |
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would be compiled, over time. |
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>> BTW: How can I find out, with which *relevant* USE flags a package |
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>> has been built? Eg. gnome-base/gnome. |
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>> In /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gnome-2.14.1, I find a "USE" file. But it |
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>> contains *WAY* too many flags: |
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> genlop -i pkgname |
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Thanks. |
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Alexander Skwar |
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Tom's hungry, time to eat lunch. |
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