[gentoo-user] Re: Annoying structure of /var/db/pkg/category/package-name database

2013-05-10 Thread Thomas Mueller
Thanks to those who responded for the suggestions. I didn't think I sent this same message a second time. If I did, it was accidental. Using equery and other portage commands may be better than looking directly at /var/db/pkg/category/package-name, sort of like the new pkgng in FreeBSD

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Annoying structure of /var/db/pkg/category/package-name database

2013-05-10 Thread Bruce Hill
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 01:12:05AM -0700, Thomas Mueller wrote: Thanks to those who responded for the suggestions. I didn't think I sent this same message a second time. If I did, it was accidental. Using equery and other portage commands may be better than looking directly at