Nick Rout wrote:
> equery which packagename is meant to give you the full path and name of
> the ebuild file for the version of packagename that portage would
> install.
>
> however on my system it gives the latest unstable version, at least of
> mythtv.
For some reason, this problem intrigued me... So I did some digging around.
I am getting the same results as you. I reviewed the sourcecode for equery
and gentoolkit, and found that it's coded to do exactly what you're
saying... but not what you thought it should do.
Using gentoolkit-0.2.0, here's what I found:
equery line 901-902, within the command 'CmdWhich' performs the query like
this:
matches = gentoolkit.find_packages(query, True)
matches = gentoolkit.sort_package_list(matches)
gentoolkit lines 198-204 starts off the 'find_packages' command like this:
def find_packages(search_key, masked=False):
"""Returns a list of Package objects that matched the search key."""
try:
if masked:
t=portage.portdb.xmatch("match-all", search_key)
else:
t=portage.portdb.match(search_key)
If you look close, you'll see that it *always* includes masked packages, and
the sort function is only looking for version (not package mask).
I recommend one or more of the following:
1. Contact a gentoo dev on IRC and get their input -- perhaps they don't
think it should work the way you think it should.
2. Based on their input, file a bug report. IMHO, I think the default
should work the way you suggest, and there should be some way to expand it
to include packages.
3. If you do any code at all, add the functionality to the Python scripts
yourself and submit the patch to the gentoo devs.
4. If just want it working the way you want it for today,
edit /usr/bin/equery line 901 to read:
matches = gentoolkit.find_packages(query, False)
I tested it quickly, and it seems to work.
Peace,
Gabriel
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