Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 22 May 2006 12:28:22 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> AFAIK there's no database of Gentoo packages such as you ask for.
> Such a database would be inaccurate, because package contents are USE
> flag dependent, so anyone charitable enough to set one up would
> probably spend most of their time fielding questions about incorrect
> data :(
Nah, not necessarily. For every listed file, it would be required
to show to which package(s) it belongs and also, how those packages
were built (ie. with which USE flags). So, not only the listing
of all the CONTENT files would be of interest, but also the keyword
(ie. x86, amd64, ...) and the associated USE flags.
How many permutations would there be.
"Some" :)
Packages lke mplayer and php use
dozens of USE flags, compiling with every combination would a day
and forever (which is longer than forever and a day).
Well, that's necessarily a community effort. For the very reason
that you just mentioned, it's not realistically, that just one
person provides a list.
But if "every" person would contribute, a "complete" database
would be compiled, over time.
BTW: How can I find out, with which *relevant* USE flags a package
has been built? Eg. gnome-base/gnome.
In /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gnome-2.14.1, I find a "USE" file. But it
contains *WAY* too many flags:
genlop -i pkgname
Thanks.
Alexander Skwar
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