On 18/11/2014 05:13, James wrote: > Gevisz <gevisz <at> gmail.com> writes: > > >>> p.s. make life easier for yourself when searching the tree. Install eix >>> and stop using emerge --search. eix runs out a gazillion times faster > >> As fas as I remember, I have eix installed but used only once. :) >> Have to re-read its documentation first. > > Best thing to remember about 'eix' is to run 'eix-update', periodically.
I kept forgetting that step after syncing, so I wrote a wrapper script: #!/bin/bash emerge --sync layman -S eix-update -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
