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From: Paul Varner <fuzzyray@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:19:44
Message-Id: 1132848509.21346.11.camel@garath.homelinux.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery by "Mariusz Pękala"
1 On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 08:01 +0100, Mariusz Pêkala wrote:
2 > Not precise enough. You need to enclose only those characters, like:
3 > equery files --type ">"=vim-6.2
4 > or you may use backslash, like:
5 > equery files --type \>=vim-6.2
6 >
7 > Saying that you MUST enclose the entire argument would misguide those
8 > who do not understand quoting mechanisms yet. You would be responsible
9 > for their mistakes forever! ;-)
10
11 Changed to:
12
13 $ ./equery files --type vim-6.4
14 [ Searching for packages matching vim-6.4... ]
15 !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator
16 !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of
17 !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name:
18 !!! > >= = <= <
19 !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2:
20 !!! >=sys-devel/gcc-3.2
21 !!!
22 !!! Note: The symbols > and < are used for redirection in the shell
23 !!! and must be quoted if either one is used.
24
25 Regards,
26 Paul
27
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[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>