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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about eix-test-obsolete output

Neil Bothwick

2008-04-13

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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:36:07 +0200, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:

> > flagedit will warn if you have obsolete flags in /etc/portage
> > or /etc/make.conf.

> I wonder when there will be one single tool which is capable to take
> care of a configuration and cleaning /etc/portage/ or is there already
> one i miss?

That would be one huge, bloated program. Using separate tools for
separate jobs is the *nix way of doing things, and flagedit and eix have
very different roles. eix provides information, whereas flagedit is a
configuration editor.


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Neil Bothwick

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