> In may cases a user may know what command (or file) they want but don't > have any idea what category or package gentoo has placed it's provider. > AFAIK, there's no way to ask portage this type of question, if there is: > how? Is an enchanment to portage for this functionality in the works; > maybe a GLEP? I understand there are difficulties to this type of > indexing in gentoo (use flags; other types of conditions in ebuilds [like > has_nptl]; etc.) but I'm sure it's possible, can any portage experts or > gentoo-devs weigh in on this?
I often check packages.debian.org (*gasp*) and find a .deb that contains the file I'm looking for. Then I emerge the gentoo package with the same name. Yeah, well, it works. Usually. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
