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 4.43) id 1E7wWx-00045y-0n for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:47:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7OEidIT024167; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:44:39 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.207]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7OEcEHr013399 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:38:15 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x7so72423nzc for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:39:17 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=iorIg1QIb49w6Zipn/p7FINtniBLqPSrAxtYRGd+NNz1ODZdVvBXTUbGU82qmpLTonCNAJU+oXUNl15AsR34eO2nBnN9QKeWSkeAQYzOWHiz5e/K7Y+KNmOHMxcwNc9CXn//cK8un1MU8wUk03nDCRUyLoEn8cCZqg4nWW2fMKM= Received: by 10.36.17.18 with SMTP id 18mr1670795nzq; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:39:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.7.13 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:39:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558b73fb0508240739216d358b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:39:17 -0400 From: Michael Crute To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description? 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_2211_29856656.1124894357822" References: <20050823112654.GA31003@lugmen.org.ar> <20050823224756.667089f1@snowdrop.home> <558b73fb05082320393c29effc@mail.gmail.com> <430C1848.7020609@gmail.com> <430C1B43.9040108@sdf-eu.org> <20050824110803.GA4532@lugmen.org.ar> <558b73fb050824070378013489@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 27202434-037c-4f5e-b27d-08d25a95b83a X-Archives-Hash: 3994229910ea201553ee96de5a77a24a ------=_Part_2211_29856656.1124894357822 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hey buddy go troll on somebody else's thread. -Mike On 8/24/05, David Morgan wrote: >=20 > On 8/24/05, Michael Crute wrote: > > First of all, sorry about top posting that's the way Gmail does it and= =20 > you > > cant change the settings. > > >=20 > S**t, look at this. I'm using gmail and not top posting. >=20 > Just how stupid are you that you can't move the cursor to the bottom > of the message? >=20 > > Also if you are looking for a lazy man's way of getting a package=20 > description try `emerge > -s packagename` and it prints out a lot of=20 > information as well as a short description of the > package. I have never= =20 > seen a long description such as those used to build Debian > > packages anywhere in portage and don't really think it would be useful= =20 > anyhow. So try > > emerge -s and if you need more info go to the packae's website. That=20 > would be my > > advice. Oh, and emerge -s works off the metadata so you dint need an=20 > Internet > > connection. >=20 > How completely pointless. The OP knows about emerge -s and he knows he > can look at the package's website. >=20 > Even worse, you're wrong. emerge -s doesn't look in metadata.xml, it > gets the information from the ebuild. >=20 > Dave >=20 > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 >=20 --=20 ________________________________ Michael E. Crute Software Developer SoftGroup Development Corporation Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" ------=_Part_2211_29856656.1124894357822 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hey buddy go troll on somebody else's thread.

-Mike

On 8/24/05, David Morgan <david.morgan@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/24/05, Michael Crute <mcrute@gm= ail.com> wrote:
> First of all, sorry about top posting that's= the way Gmail does it and you
> cant change the settings.
>
S**t, look at this. I'm using gmail and not top posting.

Just ho= w stupid are you that you can't move the cursor to the bottom
of the mes= sage?

> Also if you are looking for a lazy man's way of getting a package description try `emerge > -s packagename` and it prints out a lot of information as well as a short description of the > package. I have never seen a long description such as those used to build Debian
> pa= ckages anywhere in portage and don't really think it would be useful anyhow= . So try
> emerge -s and if you need more info go to the packae's web= site. That would be my
> advice. Oh, and emerge -s works off the metadata so you dint need = an Internet
> connection.

How completely pointless. The OP kno= ws about emerge -s and he knows he
can look at the package's website.

Even worse, you're wrong. emerge -s doesn't look in metadata.xml, i= t
gets the information from the ebuild.

Dave

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Software Developer
SoftGroup De= velopment Corporation

Linux, because reboots are for installing hard= ware.
"In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?= " ------=_Part_2211_29856656.1124894357822-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list