Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Listing the files of an un-/installed package...?
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 16:46:52
Message-Id: 20120519184116.6411bd39@khamul.example.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Listing the files of an un-/installed package...? by Matthias Hanft
1 On Sat, 19 May 2012 17:11:20 +0200
2 Matthias Hanft <mh@×××××.de> wrote:
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4 > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
5 > >
6 > > not possible. How can anybody know beforehand? with useflags and
7 > > all?
8 >
9 > At least, "equery uses <package>" *does* work with uninstalled
10 > packages. (However, "equery files <package>" does not.)
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13 You've answered a different question to that asked.
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15 "equery uses" lists the USE flags of an ebuild and that info is in the
16 ebuild".
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18 "equery files" lists the file installed after the ebuild is merged. that
19 info is not in the ebuild.
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21 These two things are very different.
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26 Alan McKinnnon
27 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com