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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCH] man/emaint.1: Add entry about the merges module
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:21:11
Message-Id: pan$7b212$4ec85055$65c4d479$42157bb6@cox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] man/emaint.1: Add entry about the merges module by Pavel Kazakov
1 Pavel Kazakov posted on Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:50:16 -0800 as excerpted:
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3 [snip]
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5 While we're on the topic of the emaint manpage, the "all" (sub)command
6 could use an update.
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8 Current: Perform all supported commands.
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10 But there's no hint at what commands are included. In particular, with
11 portage's conversion to emaint sync, I was at first worried that "all"
12 would sync as well, and it doesn't. Additionally, I have my own log
13 rotation setup, and was worried it would trigger emaint's log rotation,
14 but it doesn't.
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16 So enumerating what "all" actually includes could be quite useful. =:^)
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18 (I ended up using --check first, to see what it'd do, and found my
19 worries were unfounded.)
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21 Similarly, --check and --fix need updated. In particular, --check
22 doesn't appear to apply to all commands any longer as it says it does,
23 and neither --check or --fix appear to apply to sync or log.
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25 IOW, the manpage reads like it's rather outdated, having been only
26 barebones-updated for recent additions such that there's now missing and
27 outdated bits. Which I guess is exactly the case...
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29 --
30 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
31 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
32 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman