Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 08:01 +0100, Mariusz Pękala wrote: Not precise enough. You need to enclose only those characters, like: equery files --type =vim-6.2 or you may use backslash, like: equery files --type \=vim-6.2 Saying that you MUST enclose the entire argument would misguide those who do not understand quoting mechanisms yet. You would be responsible for their mistakes forever! ;-) Changed to: $ ./equery files --type vim-6.4 [ Searching for packages matching vim-6.4... ] !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 !!! !!! Note: The symbols and are used for redirection in the shell !!! and must be quoted if either one is used. Regards, Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
Paul Varner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Changed to: $ ./equery files --type vim-6.4 [ Searching for packages matching vim-6.4... ] !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 !!! !!! Note: The symbols and are used for redirection in the shell !!! and must be quoted if either one is used. Regards, Paul Don't know about you guys but I don't see where this really works at all like it should examples follow: root # ls /usr/portage/dev-db/mysql ChangeLog mysql-3.23.58-r1.ebuild mysql-4.1.15-r30.ebuild Manifest mysql-4.0.25-r2.ebuild mysql-4.1.15.ebuild files mysql-4.0.26.ebuild mysql-5.0.15.ebuild metadata.xml mysql-4.1.14.ebuild mysql-5.0.16-r1.ebuild mysql-5.0.16-r30.ebuild equery uses mysql-4.0.26 [ Searching for packages matching mysql-4.0.26... ] !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 Now try following the directions regardless of quoting technique: Lessthan or equal too: equery uses =mysql-4.0.26 [ Searching for packages matching =mysql-4.0.26... ] !!! No matching packages found for =mysql-4.0.26 Using Mariusz method: equery uses =mysql-4.0.26 [ Searching for packages matching =mysql-4.0.26... ] !!! No matching packages found for =mysql-4.0.26 Only greater than seems to work and it doesn't really do what you expect: There are 7 ebuids that are equal to or greater than mysql-4.0.26 equery uses =mysql-4.0.26 or equery uses =mysql-4.0.26 or equery uses =mysql-4.0.26 [ Searching for packages matching =mysql-4.0.26... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend: Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for dev-db/mysql-5.0.15 ] U I + + berkdb : Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL) - - big-tables : Make tables contain up to 1.844E+19 rows - - cluster : Add support for NDB clustering. - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too - - doc : Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - extraengine : Add support for alternative storage engines. - - minimal : Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features) + + perl: Adds support/bindings for the Perl language. + + readline: enables support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that most everyone wants. - - selinux : !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur + + ssl : Adds support for Secure Socket Layer connections - - static : !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically - - utf8: Use UTF8 encoding instead of LATIN1. Apparently only one is shown. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 12:04:03PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: Don't know about you guys but I don't see where this really works at all like it should examples follow: root # ls /usr/portage/dev-db/mysql ChangeLog mysql-3.23.58-r1.ebuild mysql-4.1.15-r30.ebuild Manifest mysql-4.0.25-r2.ebuild mysql-4.1.15.ebuild files mysql-4.0.26.ebuild mysql-5.0.15.ebuild metadata.xml mysql-4.1.14.ebuild mysql-5.0.16-r1.ebuild mysql-5.0.16-r30.ebuild big snip where the OP shows that =mysql-4.0.26 returns nothing while greater-than-or-equal-to returns 5.0.15 only That is the intended behaviour. 'equery uses' only greps the use flags for installed packages. If you want non-installed packages, you need to use the '-a' flag i.e. [02:00 PM]wwong ~ $ equery uses '=mysql-4.0.26' [ Searching for packages matching =mysql-4.0.26... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend: Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for dev-db/mysql-4.1.14 ] U I - - big-tables : Make tables contain up to 1.844E+19 rows - - berkdb : Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL) - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too + + doc : Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - minimal : Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features) + + perl: Adds support/bindings for the Perl language. + + readline: enables support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that most everyone wants. - - selinux : !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur + + ssl : Adds support for Secure Socket Layer connections - - static : !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically + + tcpd: Adds support for TCP wrappers - - cluster : Add support for NDB clustering. - - utf8: Use UTF8 encoding instead of LATIN1. - - geometry: Add support for geometry data. - - extraengine : Add support for alternative storage engines. [02:02 PM]wwong ~ $ equery uses -a '=mysql-4.0.26' [ Searching for packages matching =mysql-4.0.26... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend: Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for dev-db/mysql-3.23.58-r1 ] U I - - berkdb : Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL) - - debug: Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too - - innodb : Adds innodb support for mySQL (transaction support) + + perl : Adds support/bindings for the Perl language. + + readline : enables support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that most everyone wants. + + ssl : Adds support for Secure Socket Layer connections - - static : !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically + + tcpd : Adds support for TCP wrappers [ Found these USE variables for dev-db/mysql-4.0.26 ] U I - - berkdb : Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL) - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too + + doc: Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - minimal: Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features) + + perl : Adds support/bindings for the Perl language. + + readline : enables support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that most everyone wants. - - selinux: !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur + + ssl: Adds support for Secure Socket Layer connections - - static : !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically + + tcpd : Adds support for TCP wrappers - - big-tables : Make tables contain up to 1.844E+19 rows [ Found these USE variables for dev-db/mysql-4.0.25-r2 ] U I - - berkdb : Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL) - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too + + doc: Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - minimal: Install a very
[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is the intended behaviour. 'equery uses' only greps the use flags for installed packages. If you want non-installed packages, you need to use the '-a' flag egad! silently sneaks away -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: yes its not a biug as such, but a result of the shell you are using, which interprets as a redirection tool. Perhaps the equery docos should/examples should say so. If you want it fixed, files bug, mentioning it here will NOT get it fixed. Point taken... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: Also seems you might want to demonstate in the example !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 =sys-devel/gcc-3.2 (quotes included) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 23:34 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: Paul Varner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It appears here that the symbols themselves must be quoted as well as the package like this: equery files --type =vim-6.2 Which is what I meant to convey with the error message. What about this one? $ ./equery files --type vim-6.4 [ Searching for packages matching vim-6.4... ] !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 !!! !!! Note: The symbols and are used for redirection in the shell !!! You must enclose the entire argument in quotation marks, if either !!! of these characters are used Regards, Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in equery
On 2005-11-23 23:07:49 -0600 (Wed, Nov), Paul Varner wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 23:34 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: Paul Varner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It appears here that the symbols themselves must be quoted as well as the package like this: equery files --type =vim-6.2 Which is what I meant to convey with the error message. What about this one? $ ./equery files --type vim-6.4 [ Searching for packages matching vim-6.4... ] !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 !!! !!! Note: The symbols and are used for redirection in the shell !!! You must enclose the entire argument in quotation marks, if either !!! of these characters are used Not precise enough. You need to enclose only those characters, like: equery files --type =vim-6.2 or you may use backslash, like: equery files --type \=vim-6.2 Saying that you MUST enclose the entire argument would misguide those who do not understand quoting mechanisms yet. You would be responsible for their mistakes forever! ;-) Some man pages (eq. man tcpdump) use a sentence like 'these characters are usually special to the shell and must be quoted'. Here you need to write only '...are used for redirection in the shell and should be quoted.' It's like a gentle, polite reminder that assumes that the reader is good being and usually knows everything about quoting. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by 'grep -i virus $MESSAGE' Trust me. pgpgGjzOevKCm.pgp Description: PGP signature
