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nemo
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 Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:25 pm Post subject: package description |
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it would be very very handy if each port woul have a short description as seen in the beloved ;P fbsd ports system ( http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ )
furthermore the list on http://www.gentoo.org/index-packages.html is good for searching if a certain app is in the ports system but not to search software.
i.e. there is a "mc". thats nice but how should i know its the midnight commander i'm looking for? since it has a version # of 4.5 the chances are good but its categorisized as gnome-extra, hmmm....
i don't think its a big effort tgo add each port a file which contains the name, version and a short description of the application? |
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Nitro
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| Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 1:16 am Post subject: |
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Check out: emerge -s
| Code: | # emerge -s portage
[ Results for search key : portage ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* sys-apps/portage
Latest version Available: 1.9.1
Latest version Installed: 1.9.1
Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org
Description:
Portage ports system |
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nemo
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| Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 11:52 am Post subject: |
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thx for your reply:
| Nitro wrote: | | Check out: emerge -s |
it works, but it does not search the Descriptions, only the names
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# emerge -s mc
[ Results for search key : mc ]
[ Applications found : 8 ]
* gnome-extra/mc
Latest version Available: 4.5.55-r4
Latest version Installed: 4.5.55-r4
Description:
GNOME Midnight Commander
# emerge -s Midnight
[ Results for search key : Midnight ]
[ Applications found : 0 ]
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and is slow as hell to  |
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