[gentoo-user] How to get metainfo of a tbz2 file

[gentoo-user] How to get metainfo of a tbz2 file

[Konstantinos Agouros]

Hi,

is there a way to get the metainfo of a tbz2-file ie, what package it
contains, use-flags in compiling it etc?

Regards,

Konstantin
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Re: [gentoo-user] How to get metainfo of a tbz2 file

[Jeremy Olexa]

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Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there a way to get the metainfo of a tbz2-file ie, what package it
> contains, use-flags in compiling it etc?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Konstantin

A tbz2 file is just source code..
Assuming you are using portage, emerge -pv <package> will tell you the
USE flags. Or you could look at the ebuild in
/usr/portage/<category>/<package>. Also, remember that USE flags just
effect the configure options. Example, xinerama adds --enable-xinerama
to the configure options.

If this is not the answer you are looking for, please be more specific.

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CS/IT Systems Staff
University of Minnesota

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to get metainfo of a tbz2 file

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:14:41 +0000 (UTC), Konstantinos Agouros wrote:

> is there a way to get the metainfo of a tbz2-file ie, what package it
> contains, use-flags in compiling it etc?

Yes, using programs from portage-utils.

qtbz2 -x package.tbz2 extracts an xpak archive from the binary package.
Use xpak to show or extract the contents of this file.


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Re: [gentoo-user] How to get metainfo of a tbz2 file

[Konstantinos Agouros]

In <20060723163949.326ea766@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> neil@digimed.co.uk (Neil Bothwick) writes:

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>On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:14:41 +0000 (UTC), Konstantinos Agouros wrote:

>> is there a way to get the metainfo of a tbz2-file ie, what package it
>> contains, use-flags in compiling it etc?

>Yes, using programs from portage-utils.

>qtbz2 -x package.tbz2 extracts an xpak archive from the binary package.
>Use xpak to show or extract the contents of this file.
This look exactly like what I am looking for. However since I can't
seem to find a help or a manpage for xpak, what are its options?

Konstantin
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Re: [gentoo-user] How to get metainfo of a tbz2 file

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:50:42 +0000 (UTC), Konstantinos Agouros wrote:

> >qtbz2 -x package.tbz2 extracts an xpak archive from the binary package.
> >Use xpak to show or extract the contents of this file.
> This look exactly like what I am looking for. However since I can't
> seem to find a help or a manpage for xpak, what are its options?

Sorry, it's qxpak, all the programs start with "q". See "man q" for the
full list.


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