On Thursday 03 May 2007 09:28:54 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> It seems that with every update, eix output gets more and more verbose.
> Take this for example:

With that in mind it seems relevant to mention which version of eix you're 
using. I'm putting my bet on 0.9.4 though. ;)

> nazgul ~ # eix gimp-print
> [I] media-gfx/gimp-print
>      Available versions:  4.2.7 (~)5.1.0 {cups foomaticdb gimp gtk nls
> ppds readline}
>      Installed versions:  5.1.0(20:50:45 05/02/07)(cups foomaticdb gimp
> gtk -nls ppds readline)
>      Homepage:            http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net
>      Description:         Gimp Print Drivers
>
> I have no need to see that full list of USE flags between braces on
> the "Available versions" line - the information is already on
> the "Installed versions" line.

Maybe stating the obvious but it is in both places only for packages that you 
already have installed. ;)

> Which config option disables this display?

EIX_PRINT_IUSE='false'

> p.s. I did rtfm, and am still busy with it. It's just that "man eix
> and /etc/eixrc" seems to be having a make-the-longest-docs competition
> with "man bash" ...

Now the question is if it can be made conditional on whether the package is 
already installed... ;)

-- 
Bo Andresen

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