On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 12:07, Brett I.Holcomb wrote: > Thank you for the information. I might file a bug requesting that the tools > support non-installed. Even if they made epm capable that would help but it > may not be possible. > > I could use the last method but then I have to do the download and check it > out. > > Thanks. I'll have to think about this. >
The major problem with getting this sort of functionality lies in exactly why most people install Gentoo, flexibility. To get a database of files that *any* package provides would require a system that was built with every USE flag turned on. This is because the functionality of many packages and therefore the files that it installs are effected by *your* USE flag settings. (ok, not every one, because some conflict, but you get the idea) With RH, Debian or MDK all packages that get installed by an end user are built with the same settings, this allows things like rpmfind.net to be viable. With GRP packages it should be possible to build a database of what package provides what files, and query this, but I expect it would be something that is maintained outside of portage because not everyone will have (or want) all the GRP packages available to them. -- Troy Dack Gentoo moves pretty fast; if you don't stop and [EMAIL PROTECTED] look around once and awhile, you could miss out. Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4D90BE3C Key fingerprint = 1F3D 6C15 16AA 09D5 0C96 92E5 FD89 16F9 4D90 BE3C
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