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
Hi there,
I get a SIGSEGV in eix-diff recently (with optimizations disabled, too).
Here's the log from the gdb session:
I'd be happy to help test some things.