On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 13:34 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > --- Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 5/30/05, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think > > those binary packages > > > propagate into /var/db as well. (IF they do, I > > think they might not > > > reflect the actual USE flags used to built the > > binary. > > > > When a binary tbz2 package is built, the /var/db data > for that package (USE flags, etc..) is appended onto > the end of the tbz2 file. Portage and quickpkg use > the tools xpak and tbz2tool to handle this. When a > binary package is installed the data goes back into > the /var/db database.
I'm sorry but I looked inside the content of a tbz2 file and didn't find that it has any references to the /var/db directory. And what does tbz2tool and xpak do? There's not much of a Man page for them. equery belongs `which xpak` [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/xpak in *... ] sys-apps/portage-2.0.51.19 (/usr/bin/xpak -> ../lib/portage/bin/xpak -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 11:35:37 up 13:37, 9 users, load average: 0.57, 0.39, 0.30 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
