On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:35:28 +0100 Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> either. As an extra bonus eupdatedb (which does look go through the vdb too) > is a lot slower that its eix equivalent (update-eix). ;) So can anyone > mention any advantage of esearch compared to eix? I like esearch's compact output more than eix's. It shows if you can/need update the package and if it is masked. For example, here 'U' shows that I have installed older version of screen so I should update it. And 'M' in next line shows that screenie is masked. (Descriptions are cut.) $ esearch -cF app-misc/screen [ U] app-misc/screen (4.0.3): Screen is a full-screen ... [MN] app-misc/screenie (1.30.0): Screenie is a small and ... eix gives following output on the same request: $ eix -cA app-misc/screen [I] app-misc/screen (4.0.2-r5): Screen is a full-screen ... [N] app-misc/screenie (): Screenie is a small and ... Found 2 matches. Robert -- Robert Cernansky E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
