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On 11/20/2009 11:56 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> On 20 Nov, Marcus Wanner wrote: |
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>> On 11/20/2009 4:00 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>>> Hi, |
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>>> there are two utilities on (my) Gentoo system and I wonder |
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>>> when to prefer which one. |
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>>> On one hand there is 'equery' with many commands. |
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>>> On the other hand there the 'q-tools' i.e. a lot of |
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>>> symlinks to /usr/bin/q |
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>>> like |
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>>> qfile |
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>>> qdepends |
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>>> quse |
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>>> and so on. |
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>>> Often they offer similar tasks. |
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>>> I wonder when to use which one. |
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>>> Which is faster, more reliable, ... |
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>>> Many thanks for sharing your experience, |
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>>> Helmut. |
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>>> |
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>> I would personally prefer equery, as it is in gentoolkit, an official |
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>> gentoo project, and because is more standard. To tell the truth, though, |
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>> I have never even heard of q-tools... |
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> No wonder, it's just my personal nickname for it. |
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> The official name is |
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> app-portage/portage-util |
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> Helmut. |
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Ah. Then I can't really give you any recommendation besides the fact |
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that gentoolkit seems to be what most people use, and there is certainly |
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something to be said for using the most popular programs since there |
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will be faster support and bugfixes. Or course, that is a valid decision |
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criteria only when there is no other reason to choose a specific option |
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(there would be no such thing as the linux or even gentoo user base |
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otherwise). |
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Marcus |
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