Re: [gentoo-user] Can I get a tip for reading eix output?
On Monday 15 June 2009 14:28:46 Harry Putnam wrote:
> Can I get a likely search string for the massive man page of eix to
> understand all the info contained in its ouput.
eix's man page always seemed to me to break rule #1 of user-interfaces:
"Do not expose the underlying implementation in the interface."
> A quick search on `output' seems to miss it.
You want to search on "\!t" in this case
> Things like found in this output:
>
> eix ^apr$
>
> * dev-libs/apr
> Available versions: (1) 1.2.11!t (~)1.2.12!t (~)1.3.0!t 1.3.2!t
> 1.3.3!t 1.3.5!t {debug doc ipv6 urandom}
> Homepage:http://apr.apache.org/
> Description: Apache Portable Runtime Library
>
>
> What do the `!t' entries following the versions available mean?
RESTRICT="test"
You can find a clue in sub-section "Slots" under main heading "OUTPUT"
> Also, is it odd to have older versions under `~'?
No, it just means the maintainer didn't change anything in the older unstable
versions when marking the later one stable.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] Can I get a tip for reading eix output?
On 6/15/2009 8:28 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Can I get a likely search string for the massive man page of eix to understand all the info contained in its ouput. A quick search on `output' seems to miss it. The eix man page is way too long, and about 90% of it is only useful to the people trying to customize it beyond recognition, so it always takes me a while to find what I want to know, too. In this case, the information you want was snuck into the examples (!!!) in the "Slots" section of output. You'll notice that one of the examples has a series of !flags, while the description says the output indicates RESTRICT= options, and you get to extrapolate from there. So, !t means RESTRICT="test"
Re: [gentoo-user] Can I get a tip for reading eix output?
Alan McKinnon ha scritto: >> What do the `!t' entries following the versions available mean? > > RESTRICT="test" > > You can find a clue in sub-section "Slots" under main heading "OUTPUT" Which in turn, means? m.
Re: [gentoo-user] Can I get a tip for reading eix output?
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 14:46:53 bn wrote: > Alan McKinnon ha scritto: > >> What do the `!t' entries following the versions available mean? > > > > RESTRICT="test" > > > > You can find a clue in sub-section "Slots" under main heading "OUTPUT" > > Which in turn, means? > m. Before I answer, did you look for the section in the man page at all? It seems pretty straightforward to me: OUTPUT Slots In contrast to usual output of versions in emerge, eix can also print slot names if they are nonempty and different from "0". Whether this happens is determined by the PRINT_SLOTS variable and by the content of the FORMATSTRING. If slots are printed, the slot name is separated from the version num- ber either with a colon, or the slot names are written in braces. You can choose the preferred modes with the COLON_SLOTS variable. Some Examples: [snip] 1.0+i+l+v+s!f!m!p!b!s!t!u!i!d This is version 1.0 which is subject to PROPERTIES="interactive live virtual set" as well as RESTRICT="fetch mirror primaryuri binchecks strip test userpriv installsources bindist" It should be immediately obvious from reading the first two screens of text in that man page that the author is utterly completely clueless about authoring user documentation. It's about as helpful and communicative if he'd just done a code dump. With that in mind, it becomes apparent that the listed flags are all the initial letter of the words in the PROPERTIES and RESTRICT lists. It's confusing as hell, that's why I said you'd find a clue (and not a definitive answer). Anyways, those items in the lists are all settings/variables applicable to make.conf, fully described in the relevant man page. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] Can I get a tip for reading eix output?
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 14:46:53 bn wrote: Alan McKinnon ha scritto: What do the `!t' entries following the versions available mean? RESTRICT="test" You can find a clue in sub-section "Slots" under main heading "OUTPUT" Which in turn, means? m. If you're asking what the meaning of the RESTRICT= options are, they're listed in the man page for ebuild(5), including: test do not run src_test even if user has FEATURES=test. which likely means that the package in question has a test suite that is known to be broken, on Gentoo or in general. (Side note: the man page only has one entry for PROPERTIES although eix knows of at least 4. Is there somewhere else this kind of portage information is documented?) --Mike
Re: [gentoo-user] Can I get a tip for reading eix output?
Mike Edenfield ha scritto: >> Which in turn, means? >> m. > > If you're asking what the meaning of the RESTRICT= options are, they're > listed in the man page for ebuild(5), including: Oh, ok, thanks, I was having a cursory look at eix man page but it's written in Martian, as many people are remarking here. m.
