Re: [gentoo-user] Strange q-reinit

[Peter Humphrey]

On Tuesday, 19 November 2019 19:19:09 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:36:06 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > The syntax of some of the q apps changed recently, which is probably
> > > why it is complaining now.
> >
> > I don't think it's a matter of syntax; I couldn't find anything
> > resembling --reinitialize in any likely man page, including man q.
>
> That's a syntax change, it's no longer an option ;-)
>
> % cat /var/portage/app-portage/portage-utils/files/q-reinitialize
> #!/bin/sh
> [ -x /usr/bin/q ] && /usr/bin/q -r ${PORTAGE_QUIET:+-q}
>
>
> So the file in in the portage tree, dated Aug 2015, but it's no longer
> used, and running it gives the same error as you got.
>
> That still leaves the question of why an obsolete script was installed
> recently on your system.

Quite so. Just another of life's little mysteries, I suppose.

Thanks, all three.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.