On 5/9/2013 22:59, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Having package data in /var/db/pkg/<category>/<package-name> carries the 
> nuisance factor that finding a package involves a fishing expedition through 
> many possible categories.
> 
> I am spoiled by having /var/db/pkg/<package-name> in NetBSD pkgsrc and 
> FreeBSD ports, though FreeBSD is wsitching to a different structure nkwon as 
> pkgng.
> 
> Is there any way to configure so as to avoid this annoyance in Gentoo?  Like 
> maybe making /var/db/pkg/<package-name>?
> 
> One can do
> ls /var/db/pkg/*/<package-name> but this is still an annoyance.
> 
> I have some limited experience with Gentoo Linux on my older computer.  
> Compiling the kernel took 130 minutes, and then the kernel failed to boot.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 

Use equery?

$ man equery
Equery is a collection of modules for querying the state of Gentoo
packages, files and USE flags.

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