From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02C361381F3 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 16:37:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C80F1E0ABA; Fri, 10 May 2013 16:37:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81D36E0979 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 16:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MH0Fm-1UoZYI0dN4-00DR5V; Fri, 10 May 2013 12:37:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 11:37:11 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Annoying structure of /var/db/pkg// database Message-ID: <20130510163711.GH2223@server> References: <347814.64716.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <347814.64716.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:8iJDBCAadI3ZgTTxfoG/pBKfi892XAK4cbNpkuehhB2 3xJLWcGseIp6kgNbEZ2CHi/WliScl6OPWvSWeqNqoOmvT6dYc2 KZ+6q0S1R5m2oTtlcIbX3HKb/aWByVMrlgFunJkFM6l9DmMLCD f+99V1PtxUJmw62dUVHmKTwclHKfyShz8ofeu30CcbQxt9hyqN PJp9YpGIUPHPfMercybBIT1t+q1w2wjBNeaxgyeOCQbjb5+zrd dQI+pou+ENyGkyWXjcPTk2V0SaOh1AGCOavpmAYSQXJz2mGs7D S2cH6CNB+gZ3vToLsxm9a/HDyzBhbVrwL/+hPc60n9MtdrIUA= = X-Archives-Salt: f3924abb-1401-4026-adab-3b8ae8c01113 X-Archives-Hash: 1ca70d5aeebe0637336f8f7efb544eda On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 01:12:05AM -0700, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Thanks to those who responded for the suggestions. > > I didn't think I sent this same message a second time. If I did, it was accidental. > > Using equery and other portage commands may be better than looking directly at /var/db/pkg//, sort of like the new pkgng in FreeBSD which is taking over from the older format. > > > I come from a Linux distribution (Slackware) whose package management knows nothing about dependencies. In reality Slackware does know about dependencies, it's just handled differently that Gentoo's portage. In essence, the writer of the SlackBuild sript is supposed to handle dependencies in that script. Former Slacker 2003-2011 -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting