Stroller schrieb: > Hi there, > > When I install a new package I run `emerge -pv foo` to look at the USEs > it supports. In the past I have looked these up just by grepping, e.g.: > > $ grep foo /usr/portage/profiles/use.* > /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc:foomaticdb - Adds support for the > foomatic printing driver database > $ > > However I have recently learned to use `euse -i foo` instead. This is > much more convienient than grepping because one can use the Bash > history: up-arrow, ctrl-w to delete the last word & type in or paste the > name of the next USE to check it. However this is clumsy when you have a > package (like mplayer) with many USE flags. > > What I would like to be able to do is: > > $ $magicusecommand category/package > doc - Install HTML wxWidgets docs and wxpython API reference. > examples - Install interactive demo module browser and sample applets. > samba - Adds support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing) > $ > > The command should print out the descriptions for ALL the USE flags > supported by the category/package, but only for that category/package. > Ideally it should show if they're currently enabled or not. > > I can't be the only person to desire this feature - surely there must be > a package or command do do this. I can't find this in `man portage` as > an advanced version of `emerge -pv package`. Can anyone tell me what > $magicusecommand is called, please? > > Thanks in advance, > > Stroller. > > use euse, quse or emeta.
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