Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-09 Thread Mike Williams
On Monday 09 January 2006 04:37, Stroller wrote: aaahhh, the wait for eupdatedb, yes it does take a while (certainly   not 90 minutes, more like 5 minutes for me) but then I run it from cron at lunch, so I don't notice... much :) I think you meant to say:    aaahhh, the wait for

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-09 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Monday 09 January 2006 17:48, Mike Williams wrote: You know, you could all just use: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb ...and if we face any problems we will be flamed by purist Gentooers? Reading that wiki entry made me remember the people who use --oh-so-fast CFLAGS

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-09 Thread Richard Fish
On 1/9/06, Mike Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know, you could all just use: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb Then get ultra fast metadata updates (no 50-51% hang*), quick searches (not as quick as eix or esearch but *way* quicker than portage standard), and no need

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 07:45:21 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: Except that this will break with portage 2.1: ewarn This series contains a completely rewritten caching framework. ewarn If you are using any cache modules (such as the CDB cache ewarn module) portage will not work until they

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-09 Thread Preston Hagar
Another link for you reference is:http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Speed_up_searches_in_portageIt describes both eix and esearch with the basic info (updating the database, output, etc.) PrestonOn 1/9/06, Mike Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know, you could all just

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-08 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 20:54 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:33:51 +, Stroller wrote: I'm using esearch at the moment - should I change? I did. eix is basically esearch without the wait. what wait? I use esearch and I don't have to wait...? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-08 Thread Stroller
On 9 Jan 2006, at 00:30, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 20:54 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:33:51 +, Stroller wrote: I'm using esearch at the moment - should I change? I did. eix is basically esearch without the wait. what wait? I use esearch and I

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-08 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 01:22 +, Stroller wrote: On 9 Jan 2006, at 00:30, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 20:54 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:33:51 +, Stroller wrote: I'm using esearch at the moment - should I change? I did. eix is basically

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-08 Thread John Myers
On Sunday 08 January 2006 17:49, Iain Buchanan wrote: can eix do the following (taken from esearch --help) snip Yep! -- # # electronerd, the electronerdian from electronerdia # pgp0Vwl6JMMo0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-08 Thread Benjamin Fritzsche
While were on the subject: is there something like esync for eix? (show me the differences after a emerge sync/eix-update?) I've grown used to this and its currently making me stick with esearch. On Monday 09 January 2006 03:03, John Myers wrote: On Sunday 08 January 2006 17:49, Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-08 Thread John Myers
On Sunday 08 January 2006 18:50, Benjamin Fritzsche wrote: While were on the subject: is there something like esync for eix? (show me the differences after a emerge sync/eix-update?) eix-sync -- # # electronerd, the electronerdian from electronerdia # pgpSfs72pn0qp.pgp Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-08 Thread Stroller
On 9 Jan 2006, at 01:49, Iain Buchanan wrote: aaahhh, the wait for eupdatedb, yes it does take a while (certainly not 90 minutes, more like 5 minutes for me) but then I run it from cron at lunch, so I don't notice... much :) I think you meant to say: aaahhh, the wait for eupdatedb, yes

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-06 Thread Stroller
On 6 Jan 2006, at 17:18, Petr Kocmid wrote: # eix ktorrent * net-p2p/ktorrent Available versions: 1.0 1.1_rc1 1.1 (all green==available for install) Installed: none Homepage:http://ktorrent.pwsp.net/ Description: A BitTorrent program for

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:33:51 +, Stroller wrote: What's eix, then? Apart from a small utility for searching ebuilds with indexing for fast results. Just that. I'm using esearch at the moment - should I change? I did. eix is basically esearch without the wait. -- Neil Bothwick CPU:

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-06 Thread Christian Heim
On Friday 06 January 2006 21:33, St wrote: What's eix, then? Apart from a small utility for searching ebuilds with indexing for fast results. I'm using esearch at the moment - should I change? The results of `eix ktorrent` above seem more comprehensive than those that'd be give by esearch,

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:01:00 +0100, Christian Heim wrote: The only thing that is slow, is update-eix due to reading the cache (well slow by my definition means 20s). You obviously haven't tried esearch... -- Neil Bothwick I am in total control, but don't tell my wife. signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-06 Thread Stroller
On 6 Jan 2006, at 21:54, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:01:00 +0100, Christian Heim wrote: The only thing that is slow, is update-eix due to reading the cache (well slow by my definition means 20s). You obviously haven't tried esearch... Yes, I installed eix after the several

Re: [gentoo-user] eix - What's eix, then?

2006-01-06 Thread Beau E. Cox
On Friday 06 January 2006 04:51 pm, Stroller wrote: On 6 Jan 2006, at 21:54, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:01:00 +0100, Christian Heim wrote: The only thing that is slow, is update-eix due to reading the cache (well slow by my definition means 20s). You obviously haven't