[gentoo-user] Dig

[gentoo-user] Dig

[Willie Wong]

This is a really stupid question:

  What package is the command `dig' in?

I suspect it to be in some package in net-analyzer, but I couldn't
find any obvious candidates. 

Thanks in advance

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Re: [gentoo-user] Dig

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:40:01 -0500
Willie Wong wrote:

> This is a really stupid question:
> 
>   What package is the command `dig' in?
> 
> I suspect it to be in some package in net-analyzer, but I couldn't
> find any obvious candidates. 
> 
> Thanks in advance

bind-tools

> 

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[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[James]

Willie Wong <wwong <at> Princeton.EDU> writes:


>   What package is the command `dig' in?

equery belongs dig 

is a really nifty search tool....


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[Willie Wong]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 04:08:01PM +0000, James wrote:
> Willie Wong <wwong <at> Princeton.EDU> writes:
> 
> 
> >   What package is the command `dig' in?
> 
> equery belongs dig 
> 
> is a really nifty search tool....
> 

except it doesn't work when bind-tools isn't ALREADY installed. =D

I was trying to find out which package to emerge. 

Thanks all the same, 

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[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[James]

Willie Wong <wwong <at> Princeton.EDU> writes:


> > >   What package is the command `dig' in?
> > equery belongs dig 
> > is a really nifty search tool....

> except it doesn't work when bind-tools isn't ALREADY installed. =D

> I was trying to find out which package to emerge. 

Yes it would require you to search or have somebody search on a system
that has the package already installed. I have one of my gentoo sytems
with tons of stuff install, the rest are fairly targeted as to what's 
installed.

Which brings me to another point. Maybe the developers could run  an equery
covering thousands of commands (sub-packages if you like) against the 
installation base and parse it out into a human browsable form.

Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do what.
Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about
the various pacakges available on Gentoo.

James



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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:23:50 +0000 (UTC)
James wrote:

> Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do what.
> Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about
> the various pacakges available on Gentoo.
> 
> James

Read the archives. This is impractical because any given package may or
may not install a particular file depending on what USE flags are
applied to the compilation process.

And i doubt that there is a system in existence that has every package
installed - for a start some packages block others.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[James]

Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:


> > Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do what.
> > Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about
> > the various pacakges available on Gentoo.

> Read the archives. This is impractical because any given package may or
> may not install a particular file depending on what USE flags are
> applied to the compilation process.

I think you are missing the point, a list with a description of the packages
could be generated like Debian does. One would not need to list every 
possibility of compiled options but the general description would be good, 
along with some details of such features, such as dig as key components 
of the package.

Nick, check it out, it's a pretty cool list:
http://packages.debian.org/testing/
This listing and package/software categorization is one of the things
Debian does very well. The list is actually one of three for
Stable, Testing, and Unstable.

> And i doubt that there is a system in existence that has every package
> installed - for a start some packages block others.

I never said every, just many (tons) of the most commonly used packages.
I found dig and what package it belonged to looking on this system.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:11:43 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:
> 
> 
> > > Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do what.
> > > Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about
> > > the various pacakges available on Gentoo.
> 
> > Read the archives. This is impractical because any given package may or
> > may not install a particular file depending on what USE flags are
> > applied to the compilation process.
> 
> I think you are missing the point, a list with a description of the packages
> could be generated like Debian does. One would not need to list every 
> possibility of compiled options but the general description would be good, 
> along with some details of such features, such as dig as key components 
> of the package.
> 
> Nick, check it out, it's a pretty cool list:
> http://packages.debian.org/testing/
> This listing and package/software categorization is one of the things
> Debian does very well. The list is actually one of three for
> Stable, Testing, and Unstable.
> 
> > And i doubt that there is a system in existence that has every package
> > installed - for a start some packages block others.
> 
> I never said every, just many (tons) of the most commonly used packages.
> I found dig and what package it belonged to looking on this system.

packages.gentoo.org

> 
> 
> James
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[Iain Buchanan]

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 16:33 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:11:43 +0000 (UTC)
> James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:
> > 
> > 
> > > > Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do what.
> > > > Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about
> > > > the various pacakges available on Gentoo.
> > 
> > > Read the archives. This is impractical because any given package may or
> > > may not install a particular file depending on what USE flags are
> > > applied to the compilation process.
> > 
> > I think you are missing the point, a list with a description of the packages
> > could be generated like Debian does. One would not need to list every 
> > possibility of compiled options but the general description would be good, 
> > along with some details of such features, such as dig as key components 
> > of the package.
> > 
> > Nick, check it out, it's a pretty cool list:
> > http://packages.debian.org/testing/
> > This listing and package/software categorization is one of the things
> > Debian does very well. The list is actually one of three for
> > Stable, Testing, and Unstable.
> > 
> > > And i doubt that there is a system in existence that has every package
> > > installed - for a start some packages block others.
> > 
> > I never said every, just many (tons) of the most commonly used packages.
> > I found dig and what package it belonged to looking on this system.

emerge -S dig

but that seems to take about 3 years longer than last time I used it, so
there are various packages made to speed this up, such as:

esearch -S dig
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[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[James]

Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:


> > Nick, check it out, it's a pretty cool list:
> > http://packages.debian.org/testing/

> packages.gentoo.org

Nick, the Debian list is organized by category and quite easy to browse
and read. The gentoo list is not nearly as well organized as the
Debian list, from my viewpoint.

James



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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:11:57 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:
> 
> 
> > > Nick, check it out, it's a pretty cool list:
> > > http://packages.debian.org/testing/
> 
> > packages.gentoo.org
> 
> Nick, the Debian list is organized by category and quite easy to browse
> and read. The gentoo list is not nearly as well organized as the
> Debian list, from my viewpoint.
> 
> James

you can search by category on packages.gentoo.org, and also using eix.

then again gentoo is a community effort, you make an interface as you
describe, and if it is as good as you say the gentoo world will beat a
path to your door.

simple huh?

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[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[James]

Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:


> > Nick, the Debian list is organized by category and quite easy to browse
> > and read. The gentoo list is not nearly as well organized as the
> > Debian list, from my viewpoint.

> you can search by category on packages.gentoo.org, and also using eix.

> then again gentoo is a community effort, you make an interface as you
> describe, and if it is as good as you say the gentoo world will beat a
> path to your door.

> simple huh?

Nick,

Actually, I'm getting to know gentoo better and better every day.
I hope to be contributing soon. I like to write 'cook books'
and howtos....

James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:38:22 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Nick Rout <nick <at> rout.co.nz> writes:
> 
> 
> > > Nick, the Debian list is organized by category and quite easy to browse
> > > and read. The gentoo list is not nearly as well organized as the
> > > Debian list, from my viewpoint.
> 
> > you can search by category on packages.gentoo.org, and also using eix.
> 
> > then again gentoo is a community effort, you make an interface as you
> > describe, and if it is as good as you say the gentoo world will beat a
> > path to your door.
> 
> > simple huh?
> 
> Nick,
> 
> Actually, I'm getting to know gentoo better and better every day.
> I hope to be contributing soon. I like to write 'cook books'
> and howtos....
> 
> James

Yeah, I have often thought of asking to join the documentation group
but then I get busy (business,family,life) and realise I would probably
only let the side down.


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