Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tools to clean up /usr/portage/packages?

[Mark Knecht]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:45:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> QUESTION: As for ensuring that every package actually has a
>> corresponding tbz2 file in the packages directory, would
>>
>> emerge -ek @world
>>
>> install everything from packages except in the case of something not
>> existing in which case it would build and store it?
>
>
> Yes. And you can check that everything has a package by adding -p to that
> command and grepping for ebuild. You could probably also use -eKp and
> check for an error.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick

Yep, I especially like the -epK version. Very clear what's missing.

Thanks!