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 ED7261381F3 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 03:07:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E4F2E08E9; Fri, 10 May 2013 03:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from uriel.asininetech.com (uriel.asininetech.com [142.4.209.58]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4AE5E0887 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 03:07:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by uriel.asininetech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A56DE0A6C for ; Thu, 9 May 2013 23:07:19 -0400 (EDT) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.6.8 uriel.asininetech.com 4A56DE0A6C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=staticsafe.ca; s=2012; t=1368155239; bh=zfk2MCC6rm+Mu/csPflUtr7Ofb3+g/QEbDzSwiuTPUM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=CR3akJR/cu8rLhJKxvFH7NwvNU8/R2gwUlRomj1nGP+ROcDAl9VKZrTzbOhQYODkt wKWBsMZk5yJ0JUDLGm/GhK1eqyWRHYjODHP/Vkr7aZz9RR0YAyLEwrtw014uEtVbSk bDfeDYP4x9ytBWaFuLT6M7TMtQVsvIjvANDmXaco= Received: from uriel.asininetech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (uriel.asininetech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bQVP2LEKKsx0 for ; Thu, 9 May 2013 23:07:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1d:96b::197] (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1d:96b::197]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by uriel.asininetech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 45528E0869 for ; Thu, 9 May 2013 23:07:18 -0400 (EDT) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.6.8 uriel.asininetech.com 45528E0869 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=staticsafe.ca; s=2012; t=1368155238; bh=zfk2MCC6rm+Mu/csPflUtr7Ofb3+g/QEbDzSwiuTPUM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=EcrQ/zgap3KicuOPc2KVmavIYI5/UO0MEp4Itr8qElBGLDmfiQEYFWHHbUEj6iON0 M2LFwuE2VC/RbbseonDR/LmiQjw3v9A4i6gdXv9/78YRQT/zQ+VLGh/FiVZAXQIlBz BfzFhCv7vHVdaEVsbvQ/XFQW4/uL/9N7jUeohsoE= Message-ID: <518C6465.6080007@staticsafe.ca> Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 23:07:17 -0400 From: staticsafe User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130328 Thunderbird/17.0.5 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Annoying structure of /var/db/pkg// database References: <418374.63006.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <418374.63006.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 574fbc0a-f5c2-4f80-ba1e-182fe62ade70 X-Archives-Hash: 47031de79a2dd419db383bc484c4f73c On 5/9/2013 22:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Having package data in /var/db/pkg// carries the nuisance factor that finding a package involves a fishing expedition through many possible categories. > > I am spoiled by having /var/db/pkg/ in NetBSD pkgsrc and FreeBSD ports, though FreeBSD is wsitching to a different structure nkwon as pkgng. > > Is there any way to configure so as to avoid this annoyance in Gentoo? Like maybe making /var/db/pkg/? > > One can do > ls /var/db/pkg/*/ but this is still an annoyance. > > I have some limited experience with Gentoo Linux on my older computer. Compiling the kernel took 130 minutes, and then the kernel failed to boot. > > Tom > > Use equery? $ man equery Equery is a collection of modules for querying the state of Gentoo packages, files and USE flags. -- staticsafe O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on.