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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:23:35 -0500, Rik Koenig wrote: |
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> As a work-around, you might try app-portage/esearch. It's a sort of |
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> 'locate' for your portage tree. Run eupdatedb to (re)generate the |
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> search database, and esearch to look through it. Runs a lot quicker |
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> than a emerge -S or waiting for websites ;) |
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eix has long since supplanted esearch on my systems. It is faster and |
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doesn't need to update its database to be aware of changes to your |
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installed packages. |
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PS Please don't top-post on this list. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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If at first you don't succeed, redefine success. |
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