On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:22:12 +0100 Jeroen Roovers <j...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Paludis users often seem to think that `paludis --info' and `emerge > --info' are interchangeable, whereas a quick inspection reveals to > even the most casual user that the former only intends to inform about > paludis' own compile time and run time configuration, whereas the > latter includes information about a number of critical system > packages, the global USE and USE_EXPAND variables and GENTOO_MIRRORS > variable, to name a few.
...which is why you ask for 'paludis --info pkg', not 'paludis --info'. That way you get accurate information about pkg, even when users have per-package use flags configured. Much more useful than Portage's misleading output, which just gives global configuration and completely ignores everything else. Heck, Paludis even tells you this if you run --info without a spec: > No packages were specified on the command line, so detailed > information is not available (Paludis can display detailed information > for both installed and installable packages). Please try harder next time. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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