On Tuesday 09 December 2003 06:52, Helgi �rn Helgason wrote: > On 2003-12-09, Jason Stubbs wrote: > > On Tuesday 09 December 2003 02:43, Helgi �rn Helgason wrote: > > > One thing I miss in emerge is something similar to *apt-get show > > > [package]* which lists a rather (often) detailed description of the > > > package in question, similar to *rpm -qi [package]*. > > > emerge has --searchdesc, but when I've used that I've never received > > > any more info than the same spartan one-liners as I get when I use > > > *emerge search [package]*. > > > Is the information --searchdesc is supposed to print something that's > > > not quite implemented yet? > > > > --searchdesc tells emerge to search that spartan one-liner as well as > > just the package name. Personally, I always go to the home-page of the > > package in question. > > I do that too, when I can find one. Sometimes finding the whereabouts of > some small programs homepage can be a real PITA. > But where do I find info on a Gentoo package maintainer?
The only way that I know of at the moment is by checking the changelog. This can be found in the portage tree or by using the options -p and -l to emerge. Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
