Re: [gentoo-user] automatic notification of changes in certain packages

["Anthony E. Caudel" <acaudel@gt.rr.com>]

>> Hi folks,
>>
>> i'd like to get automatic notification if something in an certain
>> package changes, ie. package foo has been masked, unmasked,
>> new version, ...
>>
>> Is there any service for that yet ?
>>
>> cu
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The depreciated gentoolkit program etcat had an option, versions, that
listed all versions available for a package.  Running that periodically
should give you what you want.  You might even customize it a little
more by using a script to watch a particular version.

I don't know whether the function has been picked up in a more modern
program such as equery or not.  I couldn't find it.

etcat is still in /usr/share/doc/gentoolkit-0.2.2/depreciated/etcat/etcat

Tony
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