On Thursday 15 October 2009 12:31:25 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > just open the ebuild with the text editor of your choice - or less - and > read the info block. It is easy to find it. You don't have to wait for the > emerge to fail.
I find this useful: "less `equery w <package>`", although it does seem to work only on packages that are installed already. -- Rgds Peter