From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GlG6v-0001ig-K6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:39:18 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAI2bEAM026125; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:37:15 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAI2Z4Ul022905 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:35:05 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B22219BB for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:35:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 6uu6BkWqBct0 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net (adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13736100A6 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:42:23 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How come my 'esearch' isn't updated when I emerge something until the next 'esync'?! Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:42:37 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <001a01c70a11$9329a410$450a0a0a@locutus> In-Reply-To: <001a01c70a11$9329a410$450a0a0a@locutus> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2483605.0b7RgKjhPt"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200611171842.43352.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: 6417550a-80f1-4271-a190-412455a8b8e9 X-Archives-Hash: bcb773a2ad24029e937d0aa4a6cbc450 --nextPart2483605.0b7RgKjhPt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 17 November 2006 00:27, "Daevid Vincent" =20 wrote about '[gentoo-user] How come my 'esearch' isn't updated when I=20 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= =20 why emerge, part of portage, shows it as installed). esearch uses a=20 separate database (for speed) that is updated by either by esync (which=20 also does an emerge --sync) or eudatedb. (Sorry if this has already been mentioned; I'm not receiving all the emails= =20 from the list.) =2D-=20 "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." =2D- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh --nextPart2483605.0b7RgKjhPt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFXlcDq72nDbhDXToRAmvwAJ90hvIOMlgrA0CmMVft+IVxzqelEQCZAYvn ZTQcp8+WbfvkbltXOn9U0Rk= =xTB0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2483605.0b7RgKjhPt-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list