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eix can access Gentoo portage ebuild information and description very quickly (using a local cache). It can also be used to access information on installed packages, local settings, and local and external overlays, and informs about changes in the tree
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wrong installation time reported #119

Closed leapfog closed 5 months ago

leapfog commented 5 months ago

according to the manpage, the command

eix '-I*' --format '<installedversions:DATESORT>' | sort -n | cut -f2-3

should list installed packages, sorted by installation time.

Unfortunately that isn't true when a package has been installed with

emerge --getbinpkg y

vaeth commented 5 months ago

The manpage refers for eix-installed to CHECK_INSTALLED_OVERLAYS and USE_BUILD_TIME. With the latter variable, you can configure which time to use (cf. manpage).

leapfog commented 5 months ago

Yes, setting USE_BUILD_TIME=false indeed solved my problem. But when not reading the whole manpage, that comes with a bit of a surprise. Maybe a hint could be added to that example, pointing the user to USE_BUILD_TIME.