Martin Vaeth <martin <at> mvath.de> writes: > > James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > This is why I was looking for a 'tool' or script that would allow me > > to easily browse the default package listings for the different > > arch types with a default profile. > > If you only want to see the <at> system set of $PROFILE, use > > PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE4
This is set in make.conf, right? OK, I'm not familiar with this. Where do I read up more on "PORTAGE_PROFILE"? Its not in 'man portage', only briefly mentioned in 'man eix', it's not in 'man make.conf ??? "https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/profile/package.provided"; does not match what is on my system. Is there accurate, detailed info on "PORTAGE_PROFILE"? http://code.google.com/p/craxyz-gentoo-config/source/browse/trunk/src/gentoo/etc/eixrc?r=8 Is what googling produces on "PORTAGE_PROFILE" You've stumped me with "PORTAGE_PROFILE"; where do I read more (docs, scripts, PM sources? > eix -c --system Exactly what I was looking for. "-c" is cool; eix never occurred to me. $42 packages on this amd64 default-profile system. It there a way to find the current default-profile (system) package listing for other arches, from my amd64 system? But also, 'cat /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/packages.build' yields 36 packages, ' eix -c --system' yields a list of 42 packages which matches '/usr/portage/profiles/base/packages' with a manual count of course. I just cannot ferret this out, as different lists of packages are given between 36, 42 36+6 = 42, but where are those other 6 packages? Here is what is in the list from 'eix -c --system' {which seems to be reading (and sorting)/usr/portage/profiles/base/packages} that is not in '/usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/packages.build' net-misc/iputils sys-apps/busybox sys-apps/iproute2 sys-apps/kbd sys-apps/man-pages sys-apps/openrc sys-apps/util-linux sys-fs/e2fsprogs sys-process/procps sys-process/psmisc virtual/dev-manager virtual/man virtual/modutils virtual/pager virtual/service-manager And here is the package list in '/usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/packages.build' not found in the 'eix -c --system' listing: sys-devel/autoconf sys-devel/automake sys-devel/libtool sys-apps/baselayout sys-apps/makedev sys-apps/net-tools sys-devel/bison sys-devel/flex sys-devel/gettext sys-devel/patch virtual/pkgconfig Is the differenced due to the files listed in ' /usr/portage/profiles/base/packages' ? It must be more complicated that that. Any explanation would be appreciated. Note this was 'manual parsing' so there could be a mistake or 2, but, what I'm really after is understanding, if the the portion of which script builds these lists or how/where/why the lists are set and used. James [1] default/linux/amd64/13.0 * How many packages are required, at a minimum for amd64 and where is the exact list obtained from?
