Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:59:42 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > eix dev-lang/python > > I see that it's highlighting version ~2.5.4-r2, which is what I have > installed. If the 2.5.4-r2 version is "masked by keyword", why's it > installed on my system? :) It's not keyword-masked according to eix

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-26 Thread Philip Webb
090426 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > I installed eix and ran update-eix. When I run 'eix dev-lang/python' > it's highlighting version ~2.5.4-r2, which is what I have installed. > If the 2.5.4-r2 version is "masked by keyword", > why's it installed on my system? What I get is : root:502 root> eix

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-26 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 25/04/09 Sebastian Günther said: > emerge eix > man eix Cool. I installed it and ran update-eix. When I run eix dev-lang/python I see that it's highlighting version ~2.5.4-r2, which is what I have installed. If the 2.5.4-r2 version is "masked by keyword", why's it installed on my system? :)

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 25 April 2009 20:59:09 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Often when I see something like dev-libs/libassuan, I say, "what the heck > is that"? > > So I look at the ebuild file... > > msoul...@anton:~$ grep DESCRIPTION > /usr/portage/dev-libs/libassuan/libassuan-1.0 > .5.ebuild > DESCRIPTION="

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-25 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Michael P. Soulier (msoul...@digitaltorque.ca) [25.04.09 20:59]: > So, is grep the best approach to answer, "what the heck is that?" :) > No, eix is: emerge eix man eix > Mike HTH Sebastian -- " Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. " | _ ASCII ribbon campaign

[gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-25 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Often when I see something like dev-libs/libassuan, I say, "what the heck is that"? So I look at the ebuild file... msoul...@anton:~$ grep DESCRIPTION /usr/portage/dev-libs/libassuan/libassuan-1.0 .5.ebuild DESCRIPTION="Standalone IPC library used by gpg, gpgme and newpg" Great, that helps. Sti