Am 10.05.2013 04:59, schrieb Thomas Mueller: > 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 > > > . > and how do you deal with the problem of several packages having the same name?
Or.. you don't look at that stuff, besides some cases of severe damage control, you never have to go there?
