On 26 May 2009, at 10:57, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Stroller wrote:
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?
equery uses <package atom>
Many thanks!
I have been for sometime trying to be able to make something useful of
Justin's advice. euse & quse are incorrect, but emeta looks like it
will do the job; emteta is in the genscripts overlay, but layman has
been frustrating me.
Your suggestion has solved the problem immediately.
Many thanks!
Stroller.
