Ding dong, inquisitio is dead

36 files changed, 6 insertions, 2428 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd5a3ae72..233a340ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ paludis-*.*.*.tar.bz2
 /doc/clients/header.html.part
 /doc/clients/importare.html
 /doc/clients/index.html
-/doc/clients/inquisitio.html
 /doc/clients/instruo.html
 /doc/clients/paludis.html
 /doc/clients/reconcilio.html
@@ -505,7 +504,6 @@ paludis-*.*.*.tar.bz2
 /src/clients/appareo/appareo
 /src/clients/cave/cave
 /src/clients/importare/importare
-/src/clients/inquisitio/inquisitio
 /src/clients/instruo/instruo
 /src/clients/paludis/paludis
 /src/clients/reconcilio/reconcilio
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fb5b48a99..24b533c48 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-ruby --enable-ruby-doc --enable-vim \
 	--with-hacked-log-dir='$${DESTDIR}$${prefix}/log_dir' \
 	--with-repositories=default,accounts,gemcutter \
 	--with-environments=default,portage \
-	--with-clients=default,accerso,appareo,cave,inquisitio,instruo \
+	--with-clients=default,accerso,appareo,cave,instruo \
 	--with-default-distribution=giant-space-monkey \
 	--enable-htmltidy --enable-search-index
 
diff --git a/bash-completion/Makefile.am b/bash-completion/Makefile.am
index 378560c7c..58ef29c99 100644
--- a/bash-completion/Makefile.am
+++ b/bash-completion/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 noinst_DATA = paludis adjutrix \
-	      inquisitio \
 	      accerso instruo reconcilio \
 	      importare cave
 EXTRA_DIST = $(noinst_DATA)
diff --git a/bash-completion/inquisitio b/bash-completion/inquisitio
deleted file mode 100644
index 953c95db9..000000000
--- a/bash-completion/inquisitio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-# Bash completion function for inquisitio
-# Written by Mike Kelly
-# vim: set et sw=4 sts=4 ts=4 ft=sh :
-
-# NOTE: This is still a work in progress, don't expect it to work well or
-# properly right now.
-
-_inquisitio() {
-    local cur prev opts
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
-    prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
-
-    opts="--search -s \
-        --version -V \
-        --help -h \
-        --log-level \
-        --no-colour \
-        --no-color \
-        --environment -E \
-        --keys -k \
-        --matcher -m \
-        --flatten -f \
-        --enabled-only -e \
-        --not -n \
-        --repository -r \
-        --repository-format \
-        --category \
-        --package \
-        --visible-only -v \
-        --all-versions -a \
-        --kind -K \
-        --compact \
-        --no-compact \
-        --show-dependencies -D \
-        --show-metadata -M"
-
-    case "${cur}" in
-        -*)
-            COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${opts}" -- "${cur}"))
-            return 0
-            ;;
-        *)
-            case "${prev}" in
-                ## Enum operators
-                --log-level)
-                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "debug qa warning silent" -- "${cur}"))
-                    return 0
-                    ;;
-
-                --matcher|-m)
-                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "text pcre exact" -- "${cur}"))
-                    return 0
-                    ;;
-
-                --repository|-r)
-                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$(paludis --log-level silent --list-repositories |sed -n 's,^\* \(.*\),\1,p')" -- "${cur}"))
-                    return 0
-                    ;;
-                --repository-format)
-                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$(paludis --log-level silent --list-repository-formats |sed -n 's,^\* \(.*\),\1,p')" -- "${cur}"))
-                    return 0
-                    ;;
-                --category)
-                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$(paludis --log-level silent --list-categories |sed -n 's,^\* \(.*\),\1,p')" -- "${cur}"))
-                    return 0
-                    ;;
-                --kind|-K)
-                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "installable installed all" -- "${cur}"))
-                    return 0
-                    ;;
-
-            esac
-            ;;
-    esac
-}
-complete -F _inquisitio inquisitio
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4d7f7c5bc..0559a35f2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION], "$DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTION", [Default dis
 dnl }}}
 
 dnl {{{ clients
-ALL_CLIENTS="accerso adjutrix appareo cave importare inquisitio instruo paludis reconcilio"
+ALL_CLIENTS="accerso adjutrix appareo cave importare instruo paludis reconcilio"
 ALL_CLIENTS_HTML=""
 for a in $ALL_CLIENTS ; do
 	ALL_CLIENTS_HTML="$ALL_CLIENTS_HTML $a.html"
@@ -1531,7 +1531,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([clients],
 			  appareo         A tool for generating manifests
 			  cave            The modular Paludis client
 			  importare       On-the-fly unpackaged installer
-			  inquisitio      A search client
 			  instruo         A metadata generation client
 			  paludis         The Paludis console client
 			  reconcilio      A linkage repair tool],
@@ -1547,10 +1546,6 @@ AC_SUBST([ALL_CLIENTS])
 AC_SUBST([ALL_CLIENTS_HTML])
 AC_SUBST([BUILD_CLIENTS])
 
-if echo $clients | tr ' ' '\n' | grep '^inquisitio$' >/dev/null ; then
-	need_pcrecpp_check=yes
-fi
-
 if echo $clients | tr ' ' '\n' | grep '^cave$' >/dev/null ; then
 	need_resolver=yes
 	need_pcrecpp_check=yes
@@ -1599,7 +1594,7 @@ dnl }}}
 dnl {{{ pcrecpp check
 if test "x$need_pcrecpp_check" = "xyes" ; then
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PCRECPPDEPS, [libpcrecpp >= 7.8], [],
-		[AC_MSG_ERROR([pcrecpp (http://www.pcre.org/) is required if --with-clients=inquisitio or --with-clients=cave is used])])
+		[AC_MSG_ERROR([pcrecpp (http://www.pcre.org/) is required if --with-clients=cave is used])])
 	AC_SUBST(PCRECPPDEPS_CFLAGS)
 	AC_SUBST(PCRECPPDEPS_LIBS)
 fi
@@ -1806,7 +1801,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT(
 	src/clients/appareo/Makefile
 	src/clients/cave/Makefile
 	src/clients/importare/Makefile
-	src/clients/inquisitio/Makefile
 	src/clients/instruo/Makefile
 	src/clients/paludis/Makefile
 	src/clients/reconcilio/Makefile
diff --git a/doc/clients/Makefile.am b/doc/clients/Makefile.am
index 3b59b05b5..e33ab0439 100644
--- a/doc/clients/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/clients/Makefile.am
@@ -156,16 +156,6 @@ $(CAVE_COMMANDS_HTML) : header.html.part footer.html.part
 	    fi ; } && \
 	    cat footer.html.part ; } > $@
 
-inquisitio.html : header.html.part footer.html.part
-	{ cat header.html.part && { \
-	    if test -x $(top_builddir)/src/clients/inquisitio/man-inquisitio ; then \
-	        $(top_builddir)/src/clients/inquisitio/man-inquisitio --html ; \
-	    else \
-	        echo "<h1>inquisitio</h1>"; \
-	        echo "<p>Sorry, documentation was generated without support for the inquisitio client.</p>" ; \
-	    fi ; } && \
-	    cat footer.html.part ; } > $@
-
 importare.html : header.html.part footer.html.part
 	{ cat header.html.part && { \
 	    if test -x $(top_builddir)/src/clients/importare/man-importare ; then \
diff --git a/doc/clients/index.html.part b/doc/clients/index.html.part
index 32c0252ae..8b4e80824 100644
--- a/doc/clients/index.html.part
+++ b/doc/clients/index.html.part
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 <ul>
     <li><a href="paludis.html">paludis</a>, the original console package management client.</li>
     <li><a href="importare.html">importare</a>, the unpackaged package installer.</li>
-    <li><a href="inquisitio.html">inquisitio</a>, the search client.</li>
     <li><a href="reconcilio.html">reconcilio</a>, a tool for rebuilding packages with broken linkage.</li>
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/doc/clients/toplinks.html.part.in b/doc/clients/toplinks.html.part.in
index 0aa7c4848..6b20c19f0 100644
--- a/doc/clients/toplinks.html.part.in
+++ b/doc/clients/toplinks.html.part.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             </td>
 
             <td class="currentpage">
-                <a href="###TOPURI###clients/inquisitio.html">inquisitio</a>
+                <a href="###TOPURI###clients/reconcilio.html">reconcilio</a>
             </td>
 
             <td class="currentpage">
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             </td>
 
             <td class="currentpage">
-                <a href="###TOPURI###clients/reconcilio.html">reconcilio</a>
+                &nbsp;
             </td>
 
             <td class="currentpage">
diff --git a/doc/index.html.part.in b/doc/index.html.part.in
index 7f19a9661..0751dc667 100644
--- a/doc/index.html.part.in
+++ b/doc/index.html.part.in
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ the exheres repository format.</p>
 <ul>
     <li><a href="clients/paludis.html">paludis</a>, the original console package management client.</li>
     <li><a href="clients/importare.html">importare</a>, the unpackaged package installer.</li>
-    <li><a href="clients/inquisitio.html">inquisitio</a>, the search client.</li>
     <li><a href="clients/reconcilio.html">reconcilio</a>, a tool for rebuilding packages with broken linkage.</li>
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/Makefile.am b/src/clients/inquisitio/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index db96dd355..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-include $(top_srcdir)/misc/common-makefile.am
-
-AM_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src @PALUDIS_CXXFLAGS@ @PALUDIS_CXXFLAGS_VISIBILITY@
-DEFS= \
-	-DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" \
-	-DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" \
-	-DLIBEXECDIR=\"$(libexecdir)\" \
-	-DLIBDIR=\"$(libdir)\"
-
-SUBDIRS = .
-
-bin_PROGRAMS = inquisitio
-noinst_PROGRAMS = man-inquisitio
-man_MANS = inquisitio.1
-
-inquisitio.1 : man-inquisitio
-	./man-inquisitio > $@
-
-man_inquisitio_SOURCES = \
-	man_inquisitio.cc \
-	command_line.hh       command_line.cc
-
-man_inquisitio_LDADD = \
-	$(top_builddir)/paludis/libpaludis_@PALUDIS_PC_SLOT@.la \
-	$(top_builddir)/paludis/args/libpaludisargs_@PALUDIS_PC_SLOT@.la \
-	$(top_builddir)/paludis/util/libpaludisutil_@PALUDIS_PC_SLOT@.la \
-	$(top_builddir)/src/output/liboutput.a \
-	$(DYNAMIC_LD_LIBS) \
-	$(PCRECPPDEPS_LIBS)
-
-inquisitio_SOURCES = \
-	command_line.hh                 command_line.cc \
-	matcher.hh                      matcher.cc \
-	pcre_matcher.hh                 pcre_matcher.cc \
-	text_matcher.hh                 text_matcher.cc \
-	exact_matcher.hh                exact_matcher.cc \
-	do_search.hh                    do_search.cc \
-	query_task.hh                   query_task.cc \
-	extractor.hh                    extractor.cc \
-	name_description_extractor.hh   name_description_extractor.cc \
-	key_extractor.hh                key_extractor.cc \
-	inquisitio.cc
-
-inquisitio_LDADD = \
-	$(top_builddir)/paludis/libpaludis_@PALUDIS_PC_SLOT@.la \
-	$(top_builddir)/paludis/args/libpaludisargs_@PALUDIS_PC_SLOT@.la \
-	$(top_builddir)/paludis/util/libpaludisutil_@PALUDIS_PC_SLOT@.la \
-	$(top_builddir)/src/output/liboutput.a \
-	$(DYNAMIC_LD_LIBS) \
-	$(PCRECPPDEPS_LIBS)
-
-inquisitio_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PCRECPPDEPS_CFLAGS)
-
-TESTS = version_TEST help_TEST
-
-EXTRA_DIST = \
-	$(man_MANS) \
-	$(TESTS)
-
-DISTCLEANFILES = $(man_MANS) $(noinst_DATA)
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/command_line.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/command_line.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 06002e9d0..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/command_line.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "command_line.hh"
-#include <paludis/name.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/singleton-impl.hh>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-
-template class paludis::Singleton<CommandLine>;
-
-CommandLine::CommandLine() :
-    ArgsHandler(),
-
-    action_args(main_options_section(), "Actions",
-            "Selects which basic action to perform. Exactly one action should "
-            "be specified."),
-    a_search(&action_args,     "search",        's',  "Search for a package", false),
-    a_version(&action_args,   "version",      'V',  "Display program version", false),
-    a_help(&action_args,      "help",         'h',  "Display program help", false),
-
-    general_args(main_options_section(), "General options",
-            "Options that are relevant for most or all actions."),
-    a_log_level(&general_args, "log-level",  '\0'),
-    a_no_colour(&general_args, "no-colour", '\0', "Do not use colour", false),
-    a_no_color(&a_no_colour, "no-color"),
-    a_force_colour(&general_args, "force-colour", '\0', "Force the use of colour", false),
-    a_force_color(&a_force_colour, "force-color"),
-    a_environment(&general_args, "environment", 'E', "Environment specification (class:suffix, both parts optional)"),
-
-    match_args(main_options_section(), "Matching options",
-            "Options that control which packages are matched."),
-    a_keys(&match_args, "keys", 'k', "Match using listed metadata keys, rather than name and description"),
-    a_matcher(&match_args, "matcher", 'm', "Which match algorithm to use",
-            paludis::args::EnumArg::EnumArgOptions
-            ("text",        "Simple text match")
-            ("pcre",        "Regular expression match using pcre")
-            ("exact",       "Exact text match"),
-            "text"),
-    a_flatten(&match_args, "flatten", 'f', "Flatten spec trees, rather than matching against individual items", true),
-    a_enabled_only(&match_args, "enabled-only", 'e', "When searching spec trees, only look in enabled subtrees", true),
-    a_not(&match_args, "not", 'n', "Select packages that do not match", true),
-
-    filter_args(main_options_section(), "Filter options",
-            "Options that control whether or not a package is considered for matching."),
-
-    a_repository(&filter_args, "repository", 'r', "Matches with this repository name only"),
-    a_repository_format(&filter_args, "repository-format", '\0', "Matches with this repository format only"),
-    a_category(&filter_args,   "category",   '\0', "Matches with this category name only"),
-    a_package(&filter_args,    "package",    '\0', "Matches with this package name only"),
-    a_visible_only(&filter_args, "visible-only", 'v', "Only consider visible packages", true),
-    a_all_versions(&filter_args, "all-versions", 'a', "Check all versions, rather than only one (slower)", true),
-    a_kind(&filter_args, "kind", 'K', "Packages of this kind only",
-            paludis::args::EnumArg::EnumArgOptions
-            ("installable",        "Installable packages")
-            ("installed",          "Installed packages")
-            ("all",                "All packages (default if --repository specified)"),
-            "installable"),
-
-    output_args(main_options_section(), "Output options",
-            "Options that control how output is generated."),
-
-    a_compact(&output_args, "compact", '\0', "Display output using one line per entry", true),
-    a_show_dependencies(&output_args, "show-dependencies", 'D', "Show dependencies", true),
-    a_show_authors(&output_args, "show-authors", 'A', "Show author information", true),
-    a_show_metadata(&output_args, "show-metadata", 'M', "Show raw metadata", true)
-{
-    add_usage_line("[ --search ] [search options] pattern ...");
-    add_usage_line("--help");
-
-    add_environment_variable("INQUISITIO_OPTIONS", "Default command-line options.");
-
-    add_note("Inquisitio is deprecated. Use 'cave search' instead.");
-}
-
-std::string
-CommandLine::app_name() const
-{
-    return "inquisitio";
-}
-
-std::string
-CommandLine::app_synopsis() const
-{
-    return "A deprecated search client for Paludis, the other package mangler";
-}
-
-std::string
-CommandLine::app_description() const
-{
-    return
-        "inquisitio is a deprecated search client for Paludis. 'cave search' should be "
-        "used instead.";
-}
-
-CommandLine::~CommandLine()
-{
-}
-
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/command_line.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/command_line.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c444afda..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/command_line.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_COMMAND_LINE_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_COMMAND_LINE_HH 1
-
-#include <paludis/args/args.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/singleton.hh>
-#include <paludis/args/log_level_arg.hh>
-
-class CommandLine :
-    public paludis::args::ArgsHandler,
-    public paludis::Singleton<CommandLine>
-{
-    friend class paludis::Singleton<CommandLine>;
-
-    private:
-        CommandLine();
-        ~CommandLine();
-
-    public:
-        ///\name Program information
-        ///\{
-
-        virtual std::string app_name() const;
-        virtual std::string app_synopsis() const;
-        virtual std::string app_description() const;
-
-        ///\}
-
-        /// \name Action arguments
-        ////{
-
-        paludis::args::ArgsGroup action_args;
-
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_search;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_version;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_help;
-
-        ///\}
-
-        /// \name General arguments
-        ///{
-
-        paludis::args::ArgsGroup general_args;
-        paludis::args::LogLevelArg a_log_level;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_no_colour;
-        paludis::args::AliasArg a_no_color;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_force_colour;
-        paludis::args::AliasArg a_force_color;
-        paludis::args::StringArg a_environment;
-
-        ///}
-
-        ///\name Matching arguments
-        ///\{
-
-        paludis::args::ArgsGroup match_args;
-        paludis::args::StringSetArg a_keys;
-        paludis::args::EnumArg a_matcher;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_flatten;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_enabled_only;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_not;
-
-        ///\}
-
-        ///\name Filter arguments
-        ///\{
-
-        paludis::args::ArgsGroup filter_args;
-        paludis::args::StringSetArg a_repository;
-        paludis::args::StringSetArg a_repository_format;
-        paludis::args::StringSetArg a_category;
-        paludis::args::StringSetArg a_package;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_visible_only;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_all_versions;
-        paludis::args::EnumArg a_kind;
-
-        ///\}
-
-        ///\name Output arguments
-        ///\{
-
-        paludis::args::ArgsGroup output_args;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_compact;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_show_dependencies;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_show_authors;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_show_metadata;
-
-        ///\}
-};
-
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/do_search.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/do_search.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index f140ddb15..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/do_search.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,458 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "do_search.hh"
-#include "command_line.hh"
-#include "matcher.hh"
-#include "extractor.hh"
-#include "key_extractor.hh"
-#include "name_description_extractor.hh"
-#include "query_task.hh"
-
-#include <paludis/environment.hh>
-#include <paludis/package_database.hh>
-#include <paludis/action.hh>
-#include <paludis/package_id.hh>
-#include <paludis/metadata_key.hh>
-#include <paludis/notifier_callback.hh>
-#include <paludis/partially_made_package_dep_spec.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/set.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/sequence.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/create_iterator-impl.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/forward_parallel_for_each.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/system.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/destringify.hh>
-#include <functional>
-#include <list>
-#include <set>
-#include <map>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-using namespace inquisitio;
-
-namespace
-{
-    struct Searched
-    {
-    };
-
-    struct DisplayCallback
-    {
-        mutable Mutex mutex;
-        mutable unsigned width;
-        mutable std::map<std::string, int> metadata, steps;
-
-        DisplayCallback() :
-            width(0)
-        {
-        }
-
-        void operator() (const NotifierCallbackEvent & event) const
-        {
-            event.accept(*this);
-        }
-
-        void visit(const NotifierCallbackGeneratingMetadataEvent & e) const
-        {
-            Lock lock(mutex);
-            ++metadata.insert(std::make_pair(stringify(e.repository()), 0)).first->second;
-            update();
-        }
-
-        void visit(const NotifierCallbackResolverStageEvent &) const
-        {
-        }
-
-        void visit(const NotifierCallbackLinkageStepEvent &) const
-        {
-        }
-
-        void visit(const NotifierCallbackResolverStepEvent &) const
-        {
-            Lock lock(mutex);
-            ++steps.insert(std::make_pair("steps", 0)).first->second;
-            update();
-        }
-
-        void visit(const Searched &) const
-        {
-            Lock lock(mutex);
-            ++steps.insert(std::make_pair("searched", 0)).first->second;
-            update();
-        }
-
-        void update() const
-        {
-            std::string s;
-            if (! steps.empty())
-            {
-                for (std::map<std::string, int>::const_iterator i(steps.begin()), i_end(steps.end()) ;
-                        i != i_end ; ++i)
-                {
-                    if (! s.empty())
-                        s.append(", ");
-
-                    s.append(stringify(i->second) + " " + i->first);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (! metadata.empty())
-            {
-                std::multimap<int, std::string> biggest;
-                for (std::map<std::string, int>::const_iterator i(metadata.begin()), i_end(metadata.end()) ;
-                        i != i_end ; ++i)
-                    biggest.insert(std::make_pair(i->second, i->first));
-
-                int t(0), n(0);
-                std::string ss;
-                for (std::multimap<int, std::string>::const_reverse_iterator i(biggest.rbegin()), i_end(biggest.rend()) ;
-                        i != i_end ; ++i)
-                {
-                    ++n;
-
-                    if (n == 4)
-                    {
-                        ss.append(", ...");
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    if (n < 4)
-                    {
-                        if (! ss.empty())
-                            ss.append(", ");
-
-                        ss.append(stringify(i->first) + " " + i->second);
-                    }
-
-                    t += i->first;
-                }
-
-                if (! s.empty())
-                    s.append(", ");
-                s.append(stringify(t) + " metadata (" + ss + ")");
-            }
-
-            std::cout << std::string(width, '\010') << s;
-
-            if (width > s.length())
-                std::cout
-                    << std::string(width - s.length(), ' ')
-                    << std::string(width - s.length(), '\010');
-
-            width = s.length();
-            std::cout << std::flush;
-        }
-    };
-
-    struct Eligible
-    {
-        typedef bool result;
-
-        const Environment * const env;
-        const bool visible_only;
-        bool installed, installable;
-
-        Eligible(const Environment * const e, const bool v, const std::string & k) :
-            env(e),
-            visible_only(v),
-            installed(true),
-            installable(true)
-        {
-            if (k == "all")
-            {
-            }
-            else if (k == "installable")
-                installed = false;
-            else if (k == "installed")
-                installable = false;
-            else
-                throw InternalError(PALUDIS_HERE, "Bad --kind '" + k + "'");
-        }
-
-        bool operator() (const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> & id) const
-        {
-            auto repo(env->package_database()->fetch_repository(id->repository_name()));
-            if ((! installed) && repo->installed_root_key())
-                return false;
-
-            if ((! installable) && id->supports_action(SupportsActionTest<InstallAction>()))
-                return false;
-
-            if (visible_only)
-                return ! id->masked();
-            else
-                return true;
-        }
-    };
-
-    struct Matches
-    {
-        typedef bool result;
-
-        const std::list<std::shared_ptr<Matcher> > & matchers;
-        const std::list<std::shared_ptr<Extractor> > & extractors;
-
-        Matches(
-                const std::list<std::shared_ptr<Matcher> > & m,
-                const std::list<std::shared_ptr<Extractor> > & e) :
-            matchers(m),
-            extractors(e)
-        {
-        }
-
-        bool operator() (const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> & id) const
-        {
-            for (std::list<std::shared_ptr<Extractor> >::const_iterator e(extractors.begin()), e_end(extractors.end()) ;
-                    e != e_end ; ++e)
-                for (std::list<std::shared_ptr<Matcher> >::const_iterator m(matchers.begin()), m_end(matchers.end()) ;
-                        m != m_end ; ++m)
-                    if ((**e)(**m, id))
-                        return true;
-
-            return false;
-        }
-    };
-
-    std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> fetch_id(
-            const Environment & env,
-            const std::shared_ptr<const Repository> & r,
-            const QualifiedPackageName & q,
-            const std::function<bool (const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> &)> & e,
-            const std::function<bool (const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> &)> & m,
-            const bool all_versions,
-            const bool invert_match,
-            const DisplayCallback & display_callback)
-    {
-        std::shared_ptr<const PackageIDSequence> ids(r->package_ids(q));
-        if (ids->empty())
-            return std::shared_ptr<const PackageID>();
-        else
-        {
-            std::list<std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> > sids(ids->begin(), ids->end());
-            PackageIDComparator c(env.package_database().get());
-            sids.sort(c);
-
-            for (std::list<std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> >::const_reverse_iterator i(sids.rbegin()), i_end(sids.rend()) ;
-                    i != i_end ; ++i)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    display_callback.visit(Searched());
-                    if (e(*i))
-                    {
-                        if (invert_match ^ m(*i))
-                            return *i;
-                        else
-                        {
-                            (*i)->can_drop_in_memory_cache();
-                            if (! all_versions)
-                                return std::shared_ptr<const PackageID>();
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                        (*i)->can_drop_in_memory_cache();
-                }
-                catch (const InternalError &)
-                {
-                    throw;
-                }
-                catch (const Exception & ex)
-                {
-                    Log::get_instance()->message("inquisitio.failure", ll_warning, lc_context)
-                        << "Caught exception while handling '" << **i << "': '" << ex.message() << "' (" << ex.what() << ")";
-                }
-            }
-
-            return std::shared_ptr<const PackageID>();
-        }
-    }
-
-    void set_id(
-            const Environment & env,
-            const std::list<std::shared_ptr<const Repository> > & repos,
-            std::pair<const QualifiedPackageName, std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> > & q,
-            const std::function<bool (const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> &)> & e,
-            const std::function<bool (const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> &)> & m,
-            const bool all_versions,
-            const bool invert_match,
-            const DisplayCallback & display_callback)
-    {
-        std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> best_id;
-        for (std::list<std::shared_ptr<const Repository> >::const_iterator r(repos.begin()), r_end(repos.end()) ;
-                r != r_end ; ++r)
-        {
-            std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> id(fetch_id(env, *r, q.first, e, m, all_versions, invert_match,
-                        display_callback));
-            if (id)
-            {
-                if (best_id)
-                {
-                    PackageIDComparator c(env.package_database().get());
-                    if (c(best_id, id))
-                        best_id = id;
-                }
-                else
-                    best_id = id;
-            }
-        }
-
-        q.second = best_id;
-    }
-}
-
-int
-do_search(Environment & env)
-{
-    using namespace std::placeholders;
-
-    std::cout << "Searching: " << std::flush;
-    DisplayCallback display_callback;
-    ScopedNotifierCallback display_callback_holder(&env, NotifierCallbackFunction(std::cref(display_callback)));
-
-    if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository.specified() &&
-        ! CommandLine::get_instance()->a_kind.specified())
-        CommandLine::get_instance()->a_kind.set_argument("all");
-
-    std::list<std::shared_ptr<Matcher> > matchers;
-    for (CommandLine::ParametersConstIterator p(CommandLine::get_instance()->begin_parameters()),
-            p_end(CommandLine::get_instance()->end_parameters()) ; p != p_end ; ++p)
-        matchers.push_back(MatcherFactory::get_instance()->create(
-                    CommandLine::get_instance()->a_matcher.argument(), *p));
-
-    std::list<std::shared_ptr<Extractor> > extractors;
-    if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_keys.begin_args() == CommandLine::get_instance()->a_keys.end_args())
-        extractors.push_back(std::make_shared<NameDescriptionExtractor>());
-    else
-        for (args::StringSetArg::ConstIterator i(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_keys.begin_args()),
-                i_end(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_keys.end_args()) ; i != i_end ; ++i)
-            extractors.push_back(std::make_shared<KeyExtractor>(*i,
-                            CommandLine::get_instance()->a_flatten.specified(),
-                            CommandLine::get_instance()->a_enabled_only.specified(),
-                            env));
-
-    std::list<std::shared_ptr<const Repository> > repos;
-    for (PackageDatabase::RepositoryConstIterator r(env.package_database()->begin_repositories()),
-            r_end(env.package_database()->end_repositories()) ; r != r_end ; ++r)
-    {
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository.begin_args() != CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository.end_args())
-            if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository.end_args() ==
-                    std::find_if(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository.begin_args(),
-                        CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository.end_args(),
-                        std::bind(std::equal_to<std::string>(), _1, stringify((*r)->name()))))
-                continue;
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository_format.begin_args() != CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository_format.end_args())
-            if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository_format.end_args() ==
-                    std::find_if(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository_format.begin_args(),
-                        CommandLine::get_instance()->a_repository_format.end_args(),
-                        std::bind(std::equal_to<std::string>(), _1, (*r)->format_key() ? (*r)->format_key()->value() : "?")))
-                continue;
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_kind.argument() == "installable")
-        {
-            if (! (*r)->some_ids_might_support_action(SupportsActionTest<InstallAction>()))
-                continue;
-        }
-        else if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_kind.argument() == "installed")
-        {
-            if (! (*r)->installed_root_key())
-                continue;
-        }
-        else if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_kind.argument() == "all")
-        {
-        }
-        else
-            throw InternalError(PALUDIS_HERE, "Bad --kind '" + CommandLine::get_instance()->a_kind.argument() + "'");
-
-        repos.push_back(*r);
-    }
-
-    std::set<CategoryNamePart> cats;
-    if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_category.begin_args() != CommandLine::get_instance()->a_category.end_args())
-        std::copy(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_category.begin_args(), CommandLine::get_instance()->a_category.end_args(),
-                create_inserter<CategoryNamePart>(std::inserter(cats, cats.begin())));
-    else
-    {
-        for (std::list<std::shared_ptr<const Repository> >::const_iterator r(repos.begin()), r_end(repos.end()) ;
-                r != r_end ; ++r)
-        {
-            std::shared_ptr<const CategoryNamePartSet> c((*r)->category_names());
-            std::copy(c->begin(), c->end(), std::inserter(cats, cats.begin()));
-        }
-    }
-
-    std::map<QualifiedPackageName, std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> > ids;
-    if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_package.begin_args() != CommandLine::get_instance()->a_package.end_args())
-    {
-        for (std::set<CategoryNamePart>::const_iterator c(cats.begin()), c_end(cats.end()) ;
-                c != c_end ; ++c)
-            for (args::StringSetArg::ConstIterator i(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_package.begin_args()),
-                    i_end(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_package.end_args()) ; i != i_end ; ++i)
-                ids.insert(std::make_pair(*c + PackageNamePart(*i), std::shared_ptr<const PackageID>()));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        for (std::list<std::shared_ptr<const Repository> >::const_iterator r(repos.begin()), r_end(repos.end()) ;
-                r != r_end ; ++r)
-            for (std::set<CategoryNamePart>::const_iterator c(cats.begin()), c_end(cats.end()) ;
-                    c != c_end ; ++c)
-            {
-                std::shared_ptr<const QualifiedPackageNameSet> q((*r)->package_names(*c));
-                for (QualifiedPackageNameSet::ConstIterator i(q->begin()), i_end(q->end()) ;
-                        i != i_end ; ++i)
-                    ids.insert(std::make_pair(*i, std::shared_ptr<const PackageID>()));
-            }
-    }
-
-    Eligible eligible(
-            &env,
-            CommandLine::get_instance()->a_visible_only.specified(),
-            CommandLine::get_instance()->a_kind.argument());
-
-    Matches matches(
-            matchers,
-            extractors
-            );
-
-    const unsigned n_threads(destringify<int>(getenv_with_default("INQUISITIO_THREADS", "5")));
-    forward_parallel_for_each(ids.begin(), ids.end(),
-            std::bind(&set_id, std::cref(env), std::cref(repos), _1, eligible, matches,
-                CommandLine::get_instance()->a_all_versions.specified(),
-                CommandLine::get_instance()->a_not.specified(),
-                std::cref(display_callback)),
-            n_threads, 10);
-
-    display_callback_holder.remove_now();
-    std::cout << std::endl;
-
-    bool any(false);
-    InquisitioQueryTask task(&env);
-    for (std::map<QualifiedPackageName, std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> >::const_iterator
-            i(ids.begin()), i_end(ids.end()) ; i != i_end ; ++i)
-        if (i->second)
-        {
-            task.show(make_package_dep_spec({ }).package(i->first), i->second);
-            any = true;
-        }
-
-    return any ? 0 : 1;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/do_search.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/do_search.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index f2c6631ee..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/do_search.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2009 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_DO_SEARCH_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_DO_SEARCH_HH 1
-
-namespace paludis
-{
-    class Environment;
-}
-
-int do_search(paludis::Environment & env);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/exact_matcher.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/exact_matcher.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 210456009..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/exact_matcher.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "exact_matcher.hh"
-#include <paludis/util/pimp-impl.hh>
-#include <string.h>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-using namespace inquisitio;
-
-namespace paludis
-{
-    template<>
-    struct Imp<ExactMatcher>
-    {
-        std::string pattern;
-
-        Imp(const std::string & s) :
-            pattern(s)
-        {
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-ExactMatcher::ExactMatcher(const std::string & s) :
-    _imp(s)
-{
-}
-
-bool
-ExactMatcher::operator() (const std::string & s) const
-{
-    return 0 == strcasecmp(s.c_str(), _imp->pattern.c_str());
-}
-
-ExactMatcher::~ExactMatcher()
-{
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/exact_matcher.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/exact_matcher.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cc7d3988..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/exact_matcher.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_EXACT_MATCHER_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_EXACT_MATCHER_HH 1
-
-#include <src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/pimp.hh>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class ExactMatcher :
-        public Matcher
-    {
-        private:
-            paludis::Pimp<ExactMatcher> _imp;
-
-        public:
-            ExactMatcher(const std::string &);
-            virtual ~ExactMatcher();
-
-            bool operator() (const std::string &) const;
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a05695fc..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "extractor.hh"
-
-using namespace inquisitio;
-using namespace paludis;
-
-Extractor::Extractor()
-{
-}
-
-Extractor::~Extractor()
-{
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b139c5d4..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_EXTRACTOR_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_EXTRACTOR_HH 1
-
-#include <string>
-#include <memory>
-#include <paludis/package_id-fwd.hh>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class Matcher;
-
-    class Extractor
-    {
-        protected:
-            Extractor();
-
-        public:
-            virtual ~Extractor();
-
-            virtual bool operator() (const Matcher &, const std::shared_ptr<const paludis::PackageID> &) const = 0;
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/help_TEST b/src/clients/inquisitio/help_TEST
deleted file mode 100755
index 576dbb443..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/help_TEST
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-PALUDIS_SKIP_CONFIG=yes ./inquisitio --help
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/inquisitio.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/inquisitio.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ae7983bb..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/inquisitio.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,174 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "command_line.hh"
-#include "do_search.hh"
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <cstdlib>
-
-#include <paludis/about.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/system.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/join.hh>
-#include <paludis/environment_factory.hh>
-#include <paludis/environment.hh>
-
-#include <src/output/colour.hh>
-#include <paludis/args/do_help.hh>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-using std::cout;
-using std::cerr;
-using std::endl;
-
-namespace
-{
-    struct DoVersion
-    {
-    };
-
-    void display_version()
-    {
-        cout << "inquisitio, part of " << PALUDIS_PACKAGE << " " << PALUDIS_VERSION_MAJOR << "."
-            << PALUDIS_VERSION_MINOR << "." << PALUDIS_VERSION_MICRO << PALUDIS_VERSION_SUFFIX;
-        if (! std::string(PALUDIS_GIT_HEAD).empty())
-            cout << " git " << PALUDIS_GIT_HEAD;
-        cout << endl;
-    }
-}
-
-int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-    std::string options(paludis::getenv_with_default("INQUISITIO_OPTIONS", ""));
-    if (! options.empty())
-        options = "(" + options + ") ";
-    options += join(argv + 1, argv + argc, " ");
-
-    Context context(std::string("In program ") + argv[0] + " " + options + ":");
-
-    Log::get_instance()->message("inquisitio.deprecated", ll_warning, lc_context)
-        << "inquisitio is deprecated. Use 'cave search' instead.";
-
-    try
-    {
-        CommandLine::get_instance()->run(argc, argv, "inquisitio", "INQUISITIO_OPTIONS", "INQUISITIO_CMDLINE");
-        set_use_colour(! CommandLine::get_instance()->a_no_colour.specified());
-        set_force_colour(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_force_colour.specified());
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_help.specified())
-            throw args::DoHelp();
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_version.specified())
-            throw DoVersion();
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_log_level.specified())
-            Log::get_instance()->set_log_level(CommandLine::get_instance()->a_log_level.option());
-        else
-            Log::get_instance()->set_log_level(ll_qa);
-
-        Log::get_instance()->set_program_name(argv[0]);
-
-        /* need an action */
-        if (1 < (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_search.specified() +
-                    CommandLine::get_instance()->a_version.specified()))
-            throw args::DoHelp("you should specify exactly one action");
-
-        std::string paludis_command(argv[0]), env_spec;
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_environment.specified())
-        {
-            paludis_command.append(" --" + CommandLine::get_instance()->a_environment.long_name() + " " +
-                    CommandLine::get_instance()->a_environment.argument());
-            env_spec = CommandLine::get_instance()->a_environment.argument();
-        }
-
-        paludis_command.append(" --" + CommandLine::get_instance()->a_log_level.long_name() + " " +
-                CommandLine::get_instance()->a_log_level.argument());
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_no_color.specified())
-            paludis_command.append(" --" + CommandLine::get_instance()->a_no_color.long_name());
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->a_force_color.specified())
-            paludis_command.append(" --" + CommandLine::get_instance()->a_force_color.long_name());
-
-        std::shared_ptr<Environment> env(EnvironmentFactory::get_instance()->create(env_spec));
-        env->set_paludis_command(paludis_command);
-
-        if (CommandLine::get_instance()->begin_parameters() == CommandLine::get_instance()->end_parameters())
-            throw args::DoHelp("search action takes at least one parameter");
-
-        return do_search(*env);
-    }
-    catch (const DoVersion &)
-    {
-        display_version();
-        cout << endl;
-        cout << "Paludis comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. Paludis is free software, and you" << endl;
-        cout << "are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public" << endl;
-        cout << "License, version 2." << endl;
-
-        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-    }
-    catch (const paludis::args::ArgsError & e)
-    {
-        cerr << "Usage error: " << e.message() << endl;
-        cerr << "Try " << argv[0] << " --help" << endl;
-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
-    }
-    catch (const args::DoHelp & h)
-    {
-        if (h.message.empty())
-        {
-            cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " [options]" << endl;
-            cout << endl;
-            cout << *CommandLine::get_instance();
-            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            cerr << "Usage error: " << h.message << endl;
-            cerr << "Try " << argv[0] << " --help" << endl;
-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
-        }
-    }
-    catch (const Exception & e)
-    {
-        cout << endl;
-        cerr << "Unhandled exception:" << endl
-            << "  * " << e.backtrace("\n  * ")
-            << e.message() << " (" << e.what() << ")" << endl;
-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
-    }
-    catch (const std::exception & e)
-    {
-        cout << endl;
-        cerr << "Unhandled exception:" << endl
-            << "  * " << e.what() << endl;
-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        cout << endl;
-        cerr << "Unhandled exception:" << endl
-            << "  * Unknown exception type. Ouch..." << endl;
-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/key_extractor.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/key_extractor.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3895cdeac..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/key_extractor.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,490 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "key_extractor.hh"
-#include "matcher.hh"
-#include <paludis/util/pimp-impl.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/stringify.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/set.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/join.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/sequence.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/indirect_iterator-impl.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/timestamp.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/accept_visitor.hh>
-#include <paludis/package_id.hh>
-#include <paludis/metadata_key.hh>
-#include <paludis/dep_spec.hh>
-#include <paludis/environment.hh>
-#include <paludis/choice.hh>
-#include <paludis/unformatted_pretty_printer.hh>
-#include <functional>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-using namespace inquisitio;
-
-namespace paludis
-{
-    template <>
-    struct Imp<KeyExtractor>
-    {
-        const std::string key;
-        const bool flatten;
-        const bool visible_only;
-        const Environment & env;
-
-        Imp(const std::string & k, const bool f, const bool v, const Environment & e) :
-            key(k),
-            flatten(f),
-            visible_only(v),
-            env(e)
-        {
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-KeyExtractor::KeyExtractor(const std::string & k, const bool f, const bool v,
-        const Environment & e) :
-    _imp(k, f, v, e)
-{
-}
-
-KeyExtractor::~KeyExtractor()
-{
-}
-
-namespace
-{
-    class TreeVisitor
-    {
-        private:
-            const std::string _key;
-            const bool _visible_only;
-            const Environment & _env;
-            const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> _id;
-            const Matcher & _m;
-
-        public:
-            bool result;
-
-            TreeVisitor(const std::string & k, const bool v, const Environment & e,
-                    const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> & i, const Matcher & m) :
-                _key(k),
-                _visible_only(v),
-                _env(e),
-                _id(i),
-                _m(m),
-                result(false)
-            {
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<AllDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                std::for_each(indirect_iterator(node.begin()), indirect_iterator(node.end()), accept_visitor(*this));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<AnyDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                std::for_each(indirect_iterator(node.begin()), indirect_iterator(node.end()), accept_visitor(*this));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<ExactlyOneDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                std::for_each(indirect_iterator(node.begin()), indirect_iterator(node.end()), accept_visitor(*this));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<ConditionalDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                {
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-
-                    if (! result)
-                    {
-                        if (! _visible_only)
-                            std::for_each(indirect_iterator(node.begin()), indirect_iterator(node.end()), accept_visitor(*this));
-                        else if (node.spec()->condition_met(&_env, _id))
-                            std::for_each(indirect_iterator(node.begin()), indirect_iterator(node.end()), accept_visitor(*this));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<SimpleURIDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<URILabelsDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<PlainTextDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<FetchableURIDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<PackageDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<BlockDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<LicenseDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<PlainTextLabelDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<DependenciesLabelsDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const GenericSpecTree::NodeType<NamedSetDepSpec>::Type & node)
-            {
-                if (! result)
-                    result |= _m(stringify(*node.spec()));
-            }
-    };
-
-    std::string stringify_string_pair(const std::pair<const std::string, std::string> & s)
-    {
-        if (s.first.empty())
-            return s.second;
-        else
-            return s.first + "=" + s.second;
-    }
-
-    class KeyVisitor
-    {
-        private:
-            const std::string _key;
-            const bool _flatten;
-            const bool _visible_only;
-            const Environment & _env;
-            const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> _id;
-            const Matcher & _m;
-
-        public:
-            bool result;
-
-            KeyVisitor(const std::string & k, const bool f, const bool v, const Environment & e,
-                    const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> & i, const Matcher & m) :
-                _key(k),
-                _flatten(f),
-                _visible_only(v),
-                _env(e),
-                _id(i),
-                _m(m),
-                result(false)
-            {
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<std::string> & s)
-            {
-                result = _m(s.value());
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<SlotName> & s)
-            {
-                result = _m(stringify(s.value()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<long> & s)
-            {
-                result = _m(stringify(s.value()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<bool> & s)
-            {
-                result = _m(stringify(s.value()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataTimeKey & s)
-            {
-                result = _m(stringify(s.value().seconds()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<std::shared_ptr<const Contents> > &)
-            {
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<std::shared_ptr<const RepositoryMaskInfo> > &)
-            {
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<FSPath> & s)
-            {
-                result = _m(stringify(s.value()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> > & s)
-            {
-                result = _m(stringify(*s.value()));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataCollectionKey<KeywordNameSet> & s)
-            {
-                using namespace std::placeholders;
-
-                if (_flatten)
-                    result = _m(join(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(), " "));
-                else
-                    result = s.value()->end() != std::find_if(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(),
-                            std::bind(&Matcher::operator(), std::cref(_m), std::bind(&stringify<KeywordName>, _1)));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataValueKey<std::shared_ptr<const Choices> > & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    std::string r;
-                    for (Choices::ConstIterator c(s.value()->begin()), c_end(s.value()->end()) ;
-                            c != c_end ; ++c)
-                        for (Choice::ConstIterator i((*c)->begin()), i_end((*c)->end()) ;
-                                i != i_end ; ++i)
-                        {
-                            if (! r.empty())
-                                r.append(" ");
-                            r.append(stringify((*i)->name_with_prefix()));
-                        }
-
-                    result = _m(r);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    for (Choices::ConstIterator c(s.value()->begin()), c_end(s.value()->end()) ;
-                            c != c_end && ! result ; ++c)
-                        for (Choice::ConstIterator i((*c)->begin()), i_end((*c)->end()) ;
-                                i != i_end && ! result ; ++i)
-                            result = _m(stringify((*i)->name_with_prefix()));
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataCollectionKey<Set<std::string> > & s)
-            {
-                using namespace std::placeholders;
-
-                if (_flatten)
-                    result = _m(join(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(), " "));
-                else
-                    result = s.value()->end() != std::find_if(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(),
-                            std::bind(&Matcher::operator(), std::cref(_m), _1));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataCollectionKey<Map<std::string, std::string> > & s)
-            {
-                using namespace std::placeholders;
-
-                if (_flatten)
-                    result = _m(join(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(), " ", stringify_string_pair));
-                else
-                    result = s.value()->end() != std::find_if(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(),
-                            std::bind(&Matcher::operator(), std::cref(_m), std::bind(&stringify_string_pair, _1)));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataCollectionKey<Sequence<std::string> > & s)
-            {
-                using namespace std::placeholders;
-
-                if (_flatten)
-                    result = _m(join(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(), " "));
-                else
-                    result = s.value()->end() != std::find_if(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(),
-                            std::bind(&Matcher::operator(), std::cref(_m), _1));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataCollectionKey<FSPathSequence> & s)
-            {
-                using namespace std::placeholders;
-
-                if (_flatten)
-                    result = _m(join(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(), " "));
-                else
-                    result = s.value()->end() != std::find_if(s.value()->begin(), s.value()->end(),
-                            std::bind(&Matcher::operator(), std::cref(_m), std::bind(&stringify<FSPath>, _1)));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataCollectionKey<PackageIDSequence> & s)
-            {
-                using namespace std::placeholders;
-
-                if (_flatten)
-                    result = _m(join(indirect_iterator(s.value()->begin()), indirect_iterator(s.value()->end()), " "));
-                else
-                    result = indirect_iterator(s.value()->end()) != std::find_if(
-                            indirect_iterator(s.value()->begin()), indirect_iterator(s.value()->end()),
-                            std::bind(&Matcher::operator(), std::cref(_m), std::bind(&stringify<PackageID>, _1)));
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<PlainTextSpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<RequiredUseSpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<DependencySpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<SetSpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<LicenseSpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<FetchableURISpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<SimpleURISpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSpecTreeKey<ProvideSpecTree> & s)
-            {
-                if (_flatten)
-                {
-                    result = _m(s.pretty_print_value(UnformattedPrettyPrinter(), { }));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    TreeVisitor v(_key, _visible_only, _env, _id, _m);
-                    s.value()->top()->accept(v);
-                    result = v.result;
-                }
-            }
-
-            void visit(const MetadataSectionKey & k)
-            {
-                std::for_each(indirect_iterator(k.begin_metadata()),
-                        indirect_iterator(k.end_metadata()), accept_visitor(*this));
-            }
-    };
-}
-
-bool
-KeyExtractor::operator() (const Matcher & m, const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> & id) const
-{
-    PackageID::MetadataConstIterator mi(id->find_metadata(_imp->key));
-    if (id->end_metadata() == mi)
-        return false;
-
-    KeyVisitor v(_imp->key, _imp->flatten, _imp->visible_only, _imp->env, id, m);
-    (*mi)->accept(v);
-    return v.result;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/key_extractor.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/key_extractor.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1205a697a..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/key_extractor.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_KEY_EXTRACTOR_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_KEY_EXTRACTOR_HH 1
-
-#include <src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/pimp.hh>
-#include <paludis/environment-fwd.hh>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class KeyExtractor :
-        public Extractor
-    {
-        private:
-            paludis::Pimp<KeyExtractor> _imp;
-
-        public:
-            KeyExtractor(const std::string &, const bool flatten, const bool visible_only,
-                    const paludis::Environment &);
-            ~KeyExtractor();
-
-            bool operator() (const Matcher &, const std::shared_ptr<const paludis::PackageID> &) const;
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/man_inquisitio.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/man_inquisitio.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 91c443319..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/man_inquisitio.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2009 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "command_line.hh"
-#include <paludis/args/man.hh>
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <cstdlib>
-
-using std::cout;
-using std::endl;
-
-namespace
-{
-    struct ManCommandLine :
-        paludis::args::ArgsHandler
-    {
-        paludis::args::ArgsGroup group;
-        paludis::args::SwitchArg a_html;
-
-        ManCommandLine() :
-            group(main_options_section(), "", ""),
-            a_html(&group, "html", '\0', "", false)
-        {
-        }
-
-        virtual std::string app_name() const
-        {
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        virtual std::string app_description() const
-        {
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        virtual std::string app_synopsis() const
-        {
-            return "";
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-int
-main(int argc, char * argv[])
-{
-    ManCommandLine cmdline;
-    cmdline.run(argc, argv, "", "", "");
-
-    if (cmdline.a_html.specified())
-    {
-        paludis::args::HtmlWriter hw(cout);
-        paludis::args::generate_doc(hw, CommandLine::get_instance());
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        paludis::args::ManWriter mw(cout);
-        paludis::args::generate_doc(mw, CommandLine::get_instance());
-    }
-
-    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 96368ee01..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "matcher.hh"
-#include "exact_matcher.hh"
-#include "pcre_matcher.hh"
-#include "text_matcher.hh"
-#include <paludis/util/pimp-impl.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/singleton-impl.hh>
-
-using namespace inquisitio;
-using namespace paludis;
-
-template class paludis::Singleton<MatcherFactory>;
-
-Matcher::Matcher()
-{
-}
-
-Matcher::~Matcher()
-{
-}
-
-NoSuchMatcherError::NoSuchMatcherError(const std::string & msg) throw () :
-    Exception("No such matcher '" + msg + "'")
-{
-}
-
-namespace
-{
-    template <typename M_>
-    static std::shared_ptr<Matcher>
-    make(const std::string & s)
-    {
-        return std::make_shared<M_>(s);
-    }
-}
-
-MatcherFactory::MatcherFactory()
-{
-}
-
-const std::shared_ptr<Matcher>
-MatcherFactory::create(const std::string & s, const std::string & t) const
-{
-    if (s == "exact")
-        return make<ExactMatcher>(t);
-    if (s == "pcre")
-        return make<PCREMatcher>(t);
-    if (s == "text")
-        return make<TextMatcher>(t);
-    throw NoSuchMatcherError(t);
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ded845cd..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_MATCHER_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_MATCHER_HH 1
-
-#include <paludis/util/singleton.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/exception.hh>
-#include <string>
-#include <memory>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class Matcher
-    {
-        protected:
-            Matcher();
-
-        public:
-            typedef bool result;
-
-            virtual ~Matcher();
-
-            virtual bool operator() (const std::string &) const = 0;
-    };
-
-    class NoSuchMatcherError :
-        public paludis::Exception
-    {
-        public:
-            NoSuchMatcherError(const std::string &) throw ();
-    };
-
-    class MatcherFactory :
-        public paludis::Singleton<MatcherFactory>
-    {
-        friend class paludis::Singleton<MatcherFactory>;
-
-        private:
-            MatcherFactory();
-
-        public:
-            const std::shared_ptr<Matcher> create(const std::string &, const std::string &) const
-                PALUDIS_ATTRIBUTE((warn_unused_result));
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/name_description_extractor.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/name_description_extractor.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3772ccbdc..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/name_description_extractor.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "name_description_extractor.hh"
-#include "matcher.hh"
-#include <paludis/package_id.hh>
-#include <paludis/name.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/stringify.hh>
-#include <paludis/metadata_key.hh>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-using namespace inquisitio;
-
-NameDescriptionExtractor::NameDescriptionExtractor()
-{
-}
-
-NameDescriptionExtractor::~NameDescriptionExtractor()
-{
-}
-
-bool
-NameDescriptionExtractor::operator() (const Matcher & m, const std::shared_ptr<const PackageID> & id) const
-{
-    if (m(stringify(id->name())))
-        return true;
-
-    if (id->short_description_key())
-        if (m(id->short_description_key()->value()))
-            return true;
-
-    if (id->long_description_key())
-        if (m(id->long_description_key()->value()))
-            return true;
-
-    return false;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/name_description_extractor.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/name_description_extractor.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index b6f8c8a3b..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/name_description_extractor.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_NAME_DESCRIPTION_EXTRACTOR_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_NAME_DESCRIPTION_EXTRACTOR_HH 1
-
-#include <src/clients/inquisitio/extractor.hh>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class NameDescriptionExtractor :
-        public Extractor
-    {
-        public:
-            NameDescriptionExtractor();
-            ~NameDescriptionExtractor();
-
-            bool operator() (const Matcher &, const std::shared_ptr<const paludis::PackageID> &) const;
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/pcre_matcher.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/pcre_matcher.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 03ff84491..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/pcre_matcher.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "pcre_matcher.hh"
-#include <pcrecpp.h>
-#include <paludis/util/pimp-impl.hh>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-using namespace inquisitio;
-
-namespace paludis
-{
-    template<>
-    struct Imp<PCREMatcher>
-    {
-        const pcrecpp::RE pattern;
-
-        Imp(const std::string & s) :
-            pattern(s, pcrecpp::RE_Options().set_caseless(true))
-        {
-            if (! pattern.error().empty())
-                throw BadPCREPatternError(s, pattern.error());
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-PCREMatcher::PCREMatcher(const std::string & s) :
-    _imp(s)
-{
-}
-
-bool
-PCREMatcher::operator() (const std::string & s) const
-{
-    return _imp->pattern.PartialMatch(s);
-}
-
-PCREMatcher::~PCREMatcher()
-{
-}
-
-BadPCREPatternError::BadPCREPatternError(const std::string & p, const std::string & m) throw () :
-    Exception("Bad PCRE pattern '" + p + "': " + m)
-{
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/pcre_matcher.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/pcre_matcher.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3120ecd22..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/pcre_matcher.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2009, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_PCRE_MATCHER_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_PCRE_MATCHER_HH 1
-
-#include <src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/pimp.hh>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class PCREMatcher :
-        public Matcher
-    {
-        private:
-            paludis::Pimp<PCREMatcher> _imp;
-
-        public:
-            PCREMatcher(const std::string &);
-            virtual ~PCREMatcher();
-
-            bool operator() (const std::string &) const;
-    };
-
-    class PALUDIS_VISIBLE BadPCREPatternError :
-        public paludis::Exception
-    {
-        public:
-            BadPCREPatternError(const std::string &, const std::string &) throw ();
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/query_task.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/query_task.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index dcb349eac..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/query_task.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "query_task.hh"
-#include "command_line.hh"
-
-using namespace inquisitio;
-using namespace paludis;
-
-InquisitioQueryTask::InquisitioQueryTask(const Environment * const env) :
-    ConsoleQueryTask(env)
-{
-}
-
-bool
-InquisitioQueryTask::want_deps() const
-{
-    return CommandLine::get_instance()->a_show_dependencies.specified();
-}
-
-bool
-InquisitioQueryTask::want_raw() const
-{
-    return CommandLine::get_instance()->a_show_metadata.specified();
-}
-
-bool
-InquisitioQueryTask::want_compact() const
-{
-    return CommandLine::get_instance()->a_compact.specified();
-}
-
-bool
-InquisitioQueryTask::want_authors() const
-{
-    return CommandLine::get_instance()->a_show_authors.specified();
-}
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/query_task.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/query_task.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index e72568e4e..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/query_task.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_QUERY_TASK_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_QUERY_TASK_HH 1
-
-#include <src/output/console_query_task.hh>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class InquisitioQueryTask :
-        public paludis::ConsoleQueryTask
-    {
-        public:
-            InquisitioQueryTask(const paludis::Environment * const);
-
-            virtual bool want_compact() const;
-            virtual bool want_deps() const;
-            virtual bool want_raw() const;
-            virtual bool want_authors() const;
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/text_matcher.cc b/src/clients/inquisitio/text_matcher.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 131db2b5e..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/text_matcher.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "text_matcher.hh"
-#include <paludis/util/pimp-impl.hh>
-#include <string.h>
-
-using namespace paludis;
-using namespace inquisitio;
-
-namespace paludis
-{
-    template<>
-    struct Imp<TextMatcher>
-    {
-        std::string pattern;
-
-        Imp(const std::string & s) :
-            pattern(s)
-        {
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-TextMatcher::TextMatcher(const std::string & s) :
-    _imp(s)
-{
-}
-
-bool
-TextMatcher::operator() (const std::string & s) const
-{
-    return 0 != strcasestr(s.c_str(), _imp->pattern.c_str());
-}
-
-TextMatcher::~TextMatcher()
-{
-}
-
-
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/text_matcher.hh b/src/clients/inquisitio/text_matcher.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index e7b5635c8..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/text_matcher.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/* vim: set sw=4 sts=4 et foldmethod=syntax : */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2011 Ciaran McCreesh
- *
- * This file is part of the Paludis package manager. Paludis is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
- * Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * Paludis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_TEXT_MATCHER_HH
-#define PALUDIS_GUARD_SRC_CLIENTS_INQUISITIO_TEXT_MATCHER_HH 1
-
-#include <src/clients/inquisitio/matcher.hh>
-#include <paludis/util/pimp.hh>
-
-namespace inquisitio
-{
-    class TextMatcher :
-        public Matcher
-    {
-        private:
-            paludis::Pimp<TextMatcher> _imp;
-
-        public:
-            TextMatcher(const std::string &);
-            virtual ~TextMatcher();
-
-            bool operator() (const std::string &) const;
-    };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/clients/inquisitio/version_TEST b/src/clients/inquisitio/version_TEST
deleted file mode 100755
index e869872e2..000000000
--- a/src/clients/inquisitio/version_TEST
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-PALUDIS_SKIP_CONFIG=yes ./inquisitio --version
-
diff --git a/zsh-completion/Makefile.am b/zsh-completion/Makefile.am
index f9fc6d070..87a2b046c 100644
--- a/zsh-completion/Makefile.am
+++ b/zsh-completion/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
-noinst_DATA = _paludis _adjutrix _paludis_packages _inquisitio _importare _reconcilio _cave
+noinst_DATA = _paludis _adjutrix _paludis_packages _importare _reconcilio _cave
 EXTRA_DIST = $(noinst_DATA)
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.11 parallel-tests
diff --git a/zsh-completion/_inquisitio b/zsh-completion/_inquisitio
deleted file mode 100644
index 937d3edc7..000000000
--- a/zsh-completion/_inquisitio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#compdef inquisitio
-#
-# vim: set et sw=4 sts=4 ts=4 ft=zsh :
-# ZSH completion for adjutrix
-# Written by Baptiste Daroussin <baptux at free.fr>
-
-_inquisitio() {
-    local actions actions_options general_options matching_options filter_options output_options
-    actions=(
-        --search -s
-        --version -V
-        --help -h
-    )
-    matching_options=(
-        "(--keys -k)"{-k,--keys}"[Match using listed metadata keys]:Key: "
-        "(--matcher -m)"{-m,--matcher}"[Which match algorithm to use]:algorithm:((text\:Simple\ text\ match pcre\:Regular\ expression exact\:Exact\ text\ match))"
-        "(--flatten -f)"{-f,--flatten}"[Flatten spec trees, rather than matching against individual items]"
-        "(--enabled-only -e)"{-e,--enabled-only}"[When searching spec trees, only look in enabled subtrees]"
-        "(--not -n)"{-n,--not}"[Select packages that do not match]"
-    )
-
-    filter_options=(
-        "(--repository -r)"{-r,--repository}"[Matches with this repository name only]:repository:_paludis_packages repositories"
-        "--repository-format[Matches with this repository format only]:format:_paludis_packages repository-formats"
-        "--category[Matches with this category name only]:category:_paludis_packages categories"
-        "--package[Matches with this package name only]:package:_paludis_packages available"
-        "(--visible-only -v)"{-v,--visible-only}"[Only consider visible packages]"
-        "(--all-versions -a)"{-a,--all-versions}"[Check all versions, rather than only one]"
-        "(--kind -k)"{-k,--kind}"[Packages of this kind only]:((installable\:Installable\ packages installed\:Installed\ packages all\:All\ packages))"
-    )
-
-    general_options=(
-        '--log-level[Specify the log level]:log level:((debug\:"Show debug output (noisy)" qa\:"Show QA messages and warnings only (default)"  warning\:"Show warnings only" silent\:"Suppress all log messages (UNSAFE)"))'
-        "(--no-colour --no-color)"{--no-colour,--no-color}"[Do not use colour]"
-        "(--environment -E)"{-E,--environment}"[Environment specification]:Environment: "
-    )
-    output_options=(
-        "--compact[Display output using one line per entry]"
-        "(--show-dependencies -D)"{-D,--show-dependencies}"[Show dependencies]"
-        "(--show-metadata -M)"{-M,--show-metadata}"[Show raw metadata]"
-    )
-    action_options=(
-        "($actions)"{--search,-s}"[Search for a package]"
-        "(: -)"{--version,-V}"[Display program version]"
-        "(: -)"{--help,-h}"[Display program help]"
-    )
-
-    _arguments -s \
-        $general_options[@] $output_options[@] $filter_options[@] $matching_options[@] $action_options[@] && return 0
-}
-
-_inquisitio "$@"