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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Stroppy perl-cleaner
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:53:36
Message-Id: 971745c8-0805-43cf-a74e-1c7f6fc334c7@email.android.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Stroppy perl-cleaner by Peter Humphrey
1 On 14 February 2015 11:33:49 GMT+00:00, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > Hello list,
3 >
4 > What is perl-cleaner objecting to here? It all seems pretty anodyne to
5 > me:
6 >
7 > $ alias perl-cleaner
8 > alias perl-cleaner='sudo perl-cleaner --all -- --ask --usepkg --jobs=3
9 > --keep-going'
10 > $ perl-cleaner
11 >
12 > ***************************************************************************
13 > You are supplying additional command line options for the package
14 > manager.
15 > This is NOT RECOMMENDED, not tested, and may lead to incorrect,
16 > incomplete,
17 > confusing, and/or nonfunctional results. You are on your own now.
18 > ***************************************************************************
19 >
20 > --
21 > Rgds
22 > Peter.
23
24 Your use of -- to supply extra arguments to emerge. It means you may be using unsupported options so if it breaks, the pieces are all yours.
25 --
26 Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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