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On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 01:22 +0000, Stroller wrote: |
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> On 9 Jan 2006, at 00:30, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 20:54 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> >> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:33:51 +0000, Stroller wrote: |
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> >> |
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> >>> I'm using esearch at the moment - should I change? |
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> >> |
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> >> I did. eix is basically esearch without the wait. |
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> > |
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> > what wait? I use esearch and I don't have to wait...? |
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> eix-update completes in just a few seconds, whereas on one of my |
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> systems `eupdatedb` (of esearch) takes perhaps 90 minutes. |
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aaahhh, the wait for eupdatedb, yes it does take a while (certainly not |
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90 minutes, more like 5 minutes for me) but then I run it from cron at |
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lunch, so I don't notice... much :) |
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can eix do the following (taken from esearch --help) |
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--searchdesc, -S |
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Search package descriptions as well |
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--fullname, -F |
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Search packages full name (includes category) |
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--instonly, -I |
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Find only packages which are installed |
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--compact, -c |
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More compact output format |
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(there are more from esearch, but these are the main ones I use) |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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<Endy> taniwha: Have you TESTED this one? :) |
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<taniwha> Endy: of course not |
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