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On Tuesday 02 September 2008 09:28:41 Dale wrote: |
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> >> root@smoker / # revdep-rebuild -i --ask <<<<<<--------- I entered |
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> >> this <<<------ |
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> >> Encountered unrecognized option --ask. <<<<<------ It said this |
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> >> <<<<------ |
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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 -- |
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> >> 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 |
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> > do want to pass it to emerge? That's why there's a "--" and why you have |
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> > to use it |
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> I saw that but look at what I entered. I did enter --ask or am I still |
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> missing something? My command was 'revdep-rebuild -i --ask'. What |
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> should the command be for it to ask whether to update or not and pass it |
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> on to emerge? |
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You said this: |
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revdep-rebuild -i --ask |
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revdep-rebuild doesn't have an -a option so you get an error just like every |
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other time you use wrong options with commands. You should have said this |
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revdep-rebuild -i -- -ask |
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^^ |
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NB!! |
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Which is what the output was telling you all along. Previously you didn't need |
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the "--", but that leads to all manner of horrible screw-ups |
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-- |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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