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PostPosted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:25 pm    Post subject: package description Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thx for your reply:

Nitro wrote:
Check out: emerge -s


it works, but it does not search the Descriptions, only the names

Code:


# 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 ]



and is slow as hell to :(
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