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From: Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A question about emerge --info
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:06:32
Message-Id: e38d12ff0810291606o7c648c23u144a66ae12a9860@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] A question about emerge --info by Paul Hartman
1 On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Paul Hartman
2 <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > I've always been curious about something in emerge --info's output:
4 >
5 > $ emerge --info
6 > Portage 2.2_rc12 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.2,
7 > glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.27-gentoo-r1 x86_64)
8 > =================================================================
9 > System uname:
10 > Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_CPU_6600_@_2.40GHz-with-glibc2.2.5
11 > Timestamp of tree: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:31:02 +0000
12 >
13 > Why does it show the glibc-2.8 on the second line but glibc2.2.5 on the fifth?
14
15 Uname returns only the kernel version string. Why glibc is in there is
16 beyond me.
17 However, I'm still using 2.6.26, so it might be a 2.6.27 issue.
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20 --
21 Andrey Vul
22
23 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
24 Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
25 A: Top-posting.
26 Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?