Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick Portage How to

["יובל האגר" <yuval@avramzon.net>]

> I also use "epm" (rpm-like interface) and something like epm -q
> gentoo-sources (or rpm -qa | grep sources if you want all things containing
> sources). Would someone tell me what's better with eix ?
>
> I would assume it's a faster search algorithm than epm but then again, do I
> have to rerun the update db of eix on each database update or it installs
> in the portage modules or something to do it automatically ?
>

I don't know about epm, but it's much faster (and better IMHO) than equery et. 
al.

you can use 'eix-sync' which takes care of syncing your tree AND update the 
eix database.

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Yuval Hager
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