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On Monday 01 September 2008 18:43:35 Dale wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > Matthew R. Lee wrote: |
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> >> Yesterday I was having problems with a few packages, like openoffice, |
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> >> because of java issues. The advice I found to correct the problem was |
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> >> to run python-updater, which I did. It reemerged 33 packages one of |
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> >> which was alsa-libs. It reemerged alsa-lib, it did not upgrade it. |
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> > |
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> > This should fix it: |
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> > |
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> > revdep-rebuild -X -i --ask |
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> > |
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> > the problem seems to be a link problem with the ALSA lib. When you |
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> > hear "link problem", revdep-rebuild is the solution most of the time. |
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> > It will rebuild packages that use the ALSA lib. |
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> I ran into this the other day. It doesn't like the -a or --ask option. |
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> |
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> root@smoker / # revdep-rebuild -i --ask |
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> Encountered unrecognized option --ask. |
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> |
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> revdep-rebuild no longer automatically passes unrecognized options to |
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> portage. |
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> Separate emerge-only options from revdep-rebuild options with the -- flag. |
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> |
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> For example, revdep-rebuild -v -- --ask |
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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You missed this bit. It's working as designed. |
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Command line parsers are written this way to avoid option conflicts. If |
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revdep-rebuild and emerge both have -a options, which one should be used? |
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Logic says it should be revdep-rebuild gets the -a option but what if you do |
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want to pass it to emerge? That's why there's a "--" and why you have to use |
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it |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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