Seems that availableversionsshort just gives the same as availableversions. Also, COLON_SLOTS has no effect on it. % COLON_SLOTS=true eix --format '<availableversions>' -e kopete (3.5) ~3.5.6-r2 3.5.8 ~3.5.9 (kde-4) [M]~4.0.1 {+addbookmarks +alias ...} % COLON_SLOTS=true eix --format '<availableversionsshort>' -e kopete (3.5) ~3.5.6-r2 3.5.8 ~3.5.9 (kde-4) [M]~4.0.1 {+addbookmarks +alias ...} the latter should be more like: ~3.5.6-r2:3.5 3.5.8:3.5 ~3.5.9:3.5 [M]~4.0.1:kde-4 as in: % COLON_SLOTS=true eix --format '<installedversionsshort>' -e kopete 3.5.8:3.5 4.0.1:kde-4 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run eix 2. ??? 3. bug
(In reply to comment #0) > the latter should be more like: > ~3.5.6-r2:3.5 3.5.8:3.5 ~3.5.9:3.5 What you mean here is *not* the purpose of availableversionsshort; the purpose of availableversionsshort is just to set PRINT_SLOTS=false temporarily, i.e. to omit the slot names in the printing of the individual version numbers (which are not printed anyway if STYLE_VERSION_SORTED=false). The setting which you want is STYLE_VERSION_SORTED=true Then you get the above with availableversionslong, and with availableversionsshort you get ~3.5.6-r2 3.5.8 ~3.5.9 (i.e. without slot names). There is currently no way to set STYLE_VERSION_SORTED temporarily from within the formatstring. Unless there is a particular reason to do this, I also do not intend to add even more features to the formatstring - it is too complex already anyway...
(In reply to comment #1) > STYLE_VERSION_SORTED=true > Then you get the above with availableversionslong ok, with PRINT_IUSE=false, this is what I expected from availableversionsshort, thanks.
