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List:       fink-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fink-devel] Query a package's category
From:       Kevin Walzer <kw () codebykevin ! com>
Date:       2007-09-26 18:39:03
Message-ID: 46FAA747.4000103 () codebykevin ! com
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Daniel Macks wrote:

> Curiosity's getting to me and I gotta ask...of what use is knowing the
> section to which a package belongs? Or is there some other ultimate
> goal here (sounds like what you *really* want is just a list of all
> sections)?

I guess I'm just used to the way MacPorts does it--I like seeing the 
category in the standard output. For instance, MacPorts doesn't provide 
a command-line switch for finding ports by category, but because the 
category is included in standard output, "port list | grep gnome/" 
provides all the ports in the Gnome category--and this seems to run 
faster than "fink list --section=gnome".

You're probably right, this may not be an essential feature for most 
users. I can always get off the dime, learn Perl, and submit a patch if 
I really want it done. :-)

-- 
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com

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