neysx 06/05/01 15:18:57 Modified: portage-utils.xml Log: #123327 c5 & c11, portage-utils is *NOT* meant to replace gentoolkit
Revision Changes Path 1.2 xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2&cvsroot=gentoo Index: portage-utils.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- portage-utils.xml 30 Apr 2006 18:45:09 -0000 1.1 +++ portage-utils.xml 1 May 2006 15:18:57 -0000 1.2 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml,v 1.1 2006/04/30 18:45:09 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/portage-utils.xml,v 1.2 2006/05/01 15:18:57 neysx Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/portage-utils.xml"> @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.0</version> -<date>2006-04-30</date> +<version>1.1</version> +<date>2006-05-01</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -35,17 +35,13 @@ <p> <c>portage-utils</c> is a collection of very fast utilities written in C, which -are meant to replace their counterparts included in <c>gentoolkit</c>. Although -<c>portage-utils</c> is not yet capable of fully replacing <c>gentoolkit</c>, -its utilities are much more efficient than the equivalent ones from -<c>gentoolkit</c>. -</p> - -<p> -The removal of <c>gentoolkit</c> in favor of <c>portage-utils</c> is -discouraged, as <c>gentoolkit</c> contains some functions not implemented in -<c>portage-utils</c> yet, like <c>revdep-rebuild</c> and <c>glsa-check</c>. -Instead, you may want to consider having them both installed. +are meant to offer a faster but more limited alternative to their +<c>gentoolkit</c> counterparts. Please note that <c>portage-utils</c> is not +meant to replace <c>gentoolkit</c>. Its utilities are much more efficient than +the equivalent ones from <c>gentoolkit</c> and might be better suited to be +used in scripts that need to call Portage repeatedly, but <c>portage-utils</c> +does not offer the same functionalities. It does not consider eclasses at all +and does not provide tools like <c>revdep-rebuild</c> and <c>glsa-check</c>. </p> <p> -- [email protected] mailing list
