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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage-utils reinitialization - do I need it?
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:08:54
Message-Id: 4EF460FB.9020203@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Portage-utils reinitialization - do I need it? by Mick
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4 On 12/23/2011 03:50 AM, Mick wrote:
5 > This came up today when I updated portage-utils:
6 >
7 > * Messages for package app-portage/portage-utils-0.8:
8 >
9 > * /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize has been installed for
10 > convenience * If you wish for it to be automatically run at the end
11 > of every --sync: * # chmod +x
12 > /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize
13 >
14 > I'm not really sure if I need to be running this script after I
15 > resync:
16 >
17 > #!/bin/sh [ -x /usr/bin/q ] && /usr/bin/q -r ${PORTAGE_QUIET:+-q}
18 >
19 > which from the man page of q tells me that it will "reinitialize
20 > ebuild cache". Do I need this if I already use eix? Doesn't eix
21 > manage all portage databases?
22
23 I believe q-reinitialize updates the cache used by the q* utils. If
24 you don't use them for searching (using eix instead) then it's
25 probably not important for you to add that.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Portage-utils reinitialization - do I need it? Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>