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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HkzpF-0003rW-FT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 09:48:14 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l479kweg003020; Mon, 7 May 2007 09:47:01 GMT Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za (sqlprd.sybase.co.za [192.96.139.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l479gK4h030208 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 09:42:21 GMT Received: from localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id A518483449 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 11:51:51 +0200 (SAST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sybase.co.za Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zZG8vcQxsE27 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 11:51:44 +0200 (SAST) Received: from bard.sybase.co.za (bard.sybase.co.za [192.168.2.6]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F53E83446 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 11:51:44 +0200 (SAST) Received: from nazgul.sybase.co.za ([192.168.2.68]) by bard.sybase.co.za with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 7 May 2007 11:44:02 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eix way too verbose Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 11:43:45 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <8gDVy-6iK-39@gated-at.bofh.it> In-Reply-To: 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: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705071143.45594.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 May 2007 09:44:02.0609 (UTC) FILETIME=[3EC24A10:01C7908C] X-Archives-Salt: 22348665-a7c3-48b2-8ba7-29fa11d8a80f X-Archives-Hash: 07f03479aff91526e94f660513e5b586 On Friday 04 May 2007, Vaeth wrote: > > nazgul ~ # eix gimp-print > > [I] media-gfx/gimp-print > > Available versions: 4.2.7 (~)5.1.0 {cups foomaticdb gimp gtk > > nls ppds readline} > > Installed versions: 5.1.0(20:50:45 05/02/07)(cups foomaticdb > > gimp gtk -nls ppds readline) > > Homepage: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net > > Description: Gimp Print Drivers > > > > I have no need to see that full list of USE flags between braces on > > the "Available versions" line - the information is already on > > the "Installed versions" line. > > It is accidental that the informations are identical in this case. > The first one are the useflags of all ebuilds for the package, the > second one are that stored in /var/db/pkg. You will see a > difference for other packages (e.g. probably for gcc or *-sources). > Note that if you use -l (--versionlines) the IUSE output will be even > more verbose, but I guess if you look at the gcc/*-sources example > you will understand the reason. I do understand the reason perfectly well and I do know what eix is doing and why. I just wanted to disable the "Available" display, as there are other means I use to find what's in a packages' IUSE. Bo did provide the information I was looking for: EIX_PRINT_IUSE='false' thanks alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list