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From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to glsa-check?
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:41:47
Message-Id: a6eb18fa-a2b9-79c3-518c-68ae4e4ade98@iinet.net.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to glsa-check? by "Klaus-J. Wolf"
1 On 1/4/19 8:23 pm, Klaus-J. Wolf wrote:
2 > Hm, my version displays a different usage help:
3 >
4 > #python3 /usr/lib64/portage/python3.6/glsa-check
5 > No mode given: what should I do?
6 > usage: glsa-check <option> [glsa-list]
7 >
8 > optional arguments:
9 >  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
10 >  -V, --version     Some information about this tool
11 >  -v, --verbose     Print more information
12 >  -n, --nocolor     Disable colors
13 >  -e, --emergelike  Do not use a least-change algorithm
14 >  -c, --cve         Show CAN ids in listing mode
15 >
16 > Modes:
17 >  -l, --list        List all unapplied GLSA
18 >  -d, --dump        Show all information about the given GLSA
19 >  --print           Alias for --dump
20 >  -t, --test        Test if this system is affected by the given GLSA
21 >  -p, --pretend     Show the necessary commands to apply this GLSA
22 >  -f, --fix         Try to auto-apply this GLSA (experimental)
23 >  -i, --inject      inject the given GLSA into the glsa_injected file
24 >  -m, --mail        Send a mail with the given GLSAs to the administrator
25 >
26 > My version belongs to portage-2.3.62.
27 >
28 > Are there more than one version in use? And why?
29
30
31 I would guess:
32
33 1. that the portage version is meant for the internal use of portage
34 (hence why its "in an odd spot") and is divorced from the user package.
35
36 2. gentoolkit has the user version as "equery f gentoolkit" shows a
37 /usr/bin/symlink.
38
39
40 rattus ~ # equery f gentoolkit|grep glsa
41 /usr/bin/glsa-check
42 /usr/lib/python-exec/python2.7/glsa-check
43 /usr/lib/python-exec/python3.6/glsa-check
44 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa
45 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__init__.py
46 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__init__.pyc
47 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__init__.pyo
48 /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa
49 /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__init__.py
50 /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__pycache__
51 /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
52 /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-2.pyc
53 /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gentoolkit/glsa/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
54 /usr/share/man/man1/glsa-check.1.bz2
55 rattus ~ #

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to glsa-check? Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to glsa-check? Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>