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Matti Nykyri <matti.nykyri@×××.fi> writes: |
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>> On Dec 19, 2014, at 2:06, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Can anyone say what that package actually does? |
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> virtual/emacs-24 installs a directory emacs-24 under /var/db/virtual/ |
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> and it takes around 10sec. This dir is only used by portage to figure |
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> out what you have in your system. |
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> Run: |
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> equery g --depth=2 emacs-w3m |
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> And you'll probably understand better what virtuals do. |
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OK posters... great input. That last bit with equery was sort of |
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asstounding but it does show how complex things can get and how |
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virtual might help keep down the clutter. |
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