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Jeff Grossman wrote:

>Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>On 11/26/05, Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com> wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>I have just realized about programs that can be installed in slots.
>>>Is there a way for me to find out what programs are installed in more
>>>than one slot on my computer?  Can I tell if a particular program in a
>>>slot is still needed?
>>>      
>>>
>>"emerge --prune --pretend world" will tell you all packages that have
>>more than one version installed (ie. slotted).
>>
>>As for finding out whether a particular version of a slotted package
>>is still needed or not, well, you could do:
>>
>>emerge --prune <pkg>
>>emerge -Dv world
>>revdep-rebuild
>>
>>But the above is a bit dangerous, and could break your system.  Be careful.
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
I like the old 'etcat'.  You can still find it on your system at 
/usr/share/doc/gentoolkit-<version>/deprecated/etcat/etcat.

I use 'etcat versions <pkg>' all the time.  The number in parentheses is 
the slot that package is in.  E.G. for php:

[ Results for search key           : php ]
[ Candidate applications found : 13 ]

 Only printing found installed programs.

*  dev-lang/php :
        [ ~ ] 4.3.11-r4 (4)
        [ ~ ] 4.4.0-r4 (4)
        [  I] 4.4.1-r2 (4)
        [M~ ] 5.0.4-r4 (5)
        [M~ ] 5.0.5-r4 (5)
*  dev-php/php :
        [   ] 4.3.11 (0)
        [   ] 4.3.11-r1 (0)
        [   ] 4.3.11-r3 (0)
        [   ] 4.3.11-r4 (0)
        [   ] 4.4.0 (0)
        [   ] 4.4.0-r1 (0)
        [   ] 4.4.0-r3 (0)
        [   ] 4.4.0-r4 (0)

This shows that I have ver 4.4.1-r2 installed on my system in slot 4.

I haven't found an equivalent w/ equery.  I create a symbolic link from 
the etcat location above to /usr/local/bin.  However, everytime 
gentoolkit is updated, I have to update the link.

Cheers,
Kevin
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