On Friday 17 November 2006 00:27, "Daevid Vincent" <daevid@daevid.com> 
wrote about '[gentoo-user] How come my 'esearch' isn't updated when I 
emerge something until the next 'esync'?!':
> How come when I emerge something, my 'esearch' isn't updated until the
> next time I do an 'esync'?
>
> But I *DO* have it installed....
>
> Why can't portage just be smart enough  to update whatever
> record/file/log/whatever it is that shows what I have installed?!

esearch is separate from portage, portage DOES update it's records (that's 
why emerge, part of portage, shows it as installed).  esearch uses a 
separate database (for speed) that is updated by either by esync (which 
also does an emerge --sync) or eudatedb.

(Sorry if this has already been mentioned; I'm not receiving all the emails 
from the list.)

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