[gentoo-user] equery versus q-tools

2009-11-20 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, there are two utilities on (my) Gentoo system and I wonder when to prefer which one. On one hand there is 'equery' with many commands. On the other hand there the 'q-tools' i.e. a lot of symlinks to /usr/bin/q like qfile qdepends quse and so on. Often they offer similar tasks. I wonder when

Re: [gentoo-user] equery versus q-tools

2009-11-20 Thread Marcus Wanner
On 11/20/2009 4:00 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, there are two utilities on (my) Gentoo system and I wonder when to prefer which one. On one hand there is 'equery' with many commands. On the other hand there the 'q-tools' i.e. a lot of symlinks to /usr/bin/q like qfile qdepends quse and so

Re: [gentoo-user] equery versus q-tools

2009-11-20 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 20 Nov, Marcus Wanner wrote: On 11/20/2009 4:00 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, there are two utilities on (my) Gentoo system and I wonder when to prefer which one. On one hand there is 'equery' with many commands. On the other hand there the 'q-tools' i.e. a lot of symlinks to

Re: [gentoo-user] equery versus q-tools

2009-11-20 Thread Marcus Wanner
On 11/20/2009 11:56 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 20 Nov, Marcus Wanner wrote: On 11/20/2009 4:00 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, there are two utilities on (my) Gentoo system and I wonder when to prefer which one. On one hand there is 'equery' with many commands. On the other hand

Re: [gentoo-user] equery versus q-tools

2009-11-20 Thread Dale
Marcus Wanner wrote: On 11/20/2009 4:00 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, there are two utilities on (my) Gentoo system and I wonder when to prefer which one. On one hand there is 'equery' with many commands. On the other hand there the 'q-tools' i.e. a lot of symlinks to /usr/bin/q like qfile

Re: [gentoo-user] equery versus q-tools

2009-11-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:03 -0500, Marcus Wanner wrote: Ah. Then I can't really give you any recommendation besides the fact that gentoolkit seems to be what most people use, and there is certainly something to be said for using the most popular programs since there will be faster support

Re: [gentoo-user] equery versus q-tools

2009-11-20 Thread Marcus Wanner
On 11/20/2009 5:16 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:03 -0500, Marcus Wanner wrote: Ah. Then I can't really give you any recommendation besides the fact that gentoolkit seems to be what most people use, and there is certainly something to be said for using the most popular