On Wednesday 06 Jun 2012 20:30:19 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 06/06/12 21:30, Mick wrote: > > Latest stable portage told me this: > > * Messages for package app-portage/portage-utils-0.10: > > > > * /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize has been installed for > > convenience * If you wish for it to be automatically run at the end of > > every --sync: * # chmod +x /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize > > * Normally this should only take a few seconds to run but file systems > > * such as ext3 can take a lot longer. To disable, simply do: > > * # chmod -x /etc/portage/postsync.d/q-reinitialize > > > > but it did not tell me *why* and I don't understand what "Reinitialize > > ebuild cache" mean. > > > > In case this makes any odds, I am using eix. Do I need the above script? > > The q tool has it's own database. q-reinitialize updates it. It takes > 0.1 seconds to complete, so you can just activate it and forget about > it. You can also execute it manually to see how fast it is.
Thanks Nikos, is this a database to be used by the q tools, or for some other purpose? I am trying to understand if I will be duplicating what eix does. -- Regards, Mick
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