Thanks Reuben. That is a very good list of suggestions. I will start working my way through them. (May need patience.... things are quite busy at present.)
Regards, Graham Received Sun 05 Nov 2006 4:54am +1100 from Reuben Thomas: > On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Graham Williams wrote: > > >Thanks for the suggestion. More than happy to take up your offer of > >putting together your proposals for a rationalisation. > > Here's a revised list. I've tried mostly to rationalise the names, > removing dups. One assumption is that wajig users will have a good > completion mechanism, and will use many commands rarely, so that > descriptive names are often better than short ones. (I just submitted a > script derived from bash_completion.py to fish upstream.) > > There are a lot of changes here, some minor, some less minor. I'm not > sure there's an easy summary. Perhaps diff against list-commands? > > addcdrom Add a CD-ROM to the list of available sources of packages > auto-alts Mark the alternative to be auto set (using set priorities) > auto-clean Remove superseded .deb files from the download cache > auto-download Do an update followed by a download of all updated packages > auto-install Perform an install without asking questions > (non-interactive) > available-version List versions of packages available for installation > bug Check reported bugs in package using the Debian Bug Tracker > build Retrieve/unpack sources and build .deb for the named > packages > build-depend Retrieve packages required to build listed packages > changelog Retrieve up-to-date changelog for the package > changelog-new Retrieve the latest changelog entries for package > clean Remove all .deb files from the download cache > commands List all the JIG commands and one line descriptions for each > daily-upgrade Perform an update, then dist-upgrade > dependents List of packages which depend/recommend/suggest the package > describe One line description of packages (-v and -vv for more > detail) > describe-new One line description of new packages > detail Provide a detailed description of package (describe -vv) > detail-new Provide a detailed description of new packages (describe > -vv) > dist-upgrade Upgrade to new distribution (installed and new rqd packages) > download Download package files ready for an install > download-depends Download package and any packages it depends on > find-file Search for a file within installed packages > find-unofficial Search for an unofficial Debian package at apt-get.org > fix-configure Perform dpkg --configure -a (to fix interrupted configure) > fix-install Perform apt-get -f install (to fix broken dependencies) > fix-missing Perform apt-get --fix-missing upgrade > help Print documentation (-v or -vv for more detail) > hold Place listed packages on hold so they are not upgraded > init (Re)initialise the JIG archive files > install Install (or upgrade) one or more packages or .deb files > install-force Install packages and ignore file overwrites and depends > install-recommended Install package and associated recommended packages > install-recommended-suggested Install package and recommended and > suggested packages > install-suggested Install package and associated suggested packages > install/dist Install packages from specified distribution > last-update Identify when an update was last performed > list List the status and description of installed packages > list-all List a one line description of given or all packages > list-alts List the objects that can have alternatives configured > list-cache List the contents of the download cache > list-daemons List the daemons that JIG can start/stop/restart > list-files List the files that are supplied by the named package > list-hold List those packages on hold > list-installed List packages (with optional argument substring) installed > list-large List size of all large (>10MB) installed packages > list-log List the contents of the install/remove log file (filtered) > list-names List all known packages or those containing supplied string > list-scripts List the control scripts of the package of .deb file > list-section List packages that belong to a specific section > list-sections List the sections that are available > list-status Same as list but only prints first two columns, not > truncated > list-upgradeable List packages with newer versions available for upgrading > list-versions Generates list of package=version for all installed packages > list-wide Same as list but avoids truncating package names > local-dist-upgrade Dist-upgrade using packages already downloaded > local-upgrade Upgrade using packages already downloaded, but not any > others > madison Runs the madison command of apt-cache > move Move packages in the download cache to a local Debian mirror > new List packages that became available since last update > new-upgrades List packages newly available for upgrading > non-free List installed packages that do not meet the DFSG > orphans List libraries not required by any installed package > policy From preferences file show priorities/policy for available > packages > purge Remove one or more packages and configuration files > purge-depend Purge package and those it depends on that are not required > by others > purge-orphans Purge orphaned libraries (not required by installed > packages) > readme Display the package's README file from /usr/share/doc > reconfigure Reconfigure the named installed packages or run gkdebconf > reinstall Reinstall the named packages > reload Reload daemon configs (see list-daemons) > remove Remove one or more packages (see also purge) > remove-depend Remove package and its dependees not required by others > remove-orphans Remove orphaned libraries (not required by installed > packages) > repackage Generate a .deb file from an installed package > restart Restart a daemon (see list-daemons) > rpm2deb Convert a RedHat .rpm file to a Debian .deb file > rpminstall Install a RedHat .rpm package > search Search for packages containing listed words > search-apt Find local Debian archives suitable for sources.list > setup Configure the sources.list file which locates Debian > archives > size Print out the size (in Kb) of all, or listed, installed > packages > source Retrieve and unpack sources for the named packages > start Start a daemon (see list-daemons) > status Show the version and available version of packages > status-match Show the version and available version of matching packages > stop Stop a daemon (see list-daemons) > tasksel Run the Gnome task selector to install groups of packages > unhold Remove listed packages from hold so they are again upgraded > update Update the list of downloadable packages > update-alts Update default alternative for things like x-window-manager > update-pci-ids Updates the local list of PCI ids from the internet master > list > update-usb-ids Updates the local list of USB ids from the internet master > list > upgrade Upgrade all of the installed packages or just those listed > verify Check the integrity of installed packages (with debsums) > versions List version and distribution of (all) packages > whichpkg Find the package that supplies the given command or file > > These should be performed by --simulate: > > showdistupgrade Trace the steps that a dist-upgrade would perform > showinstall Trace the steps that an install would perform > showremove Trace the steps that a remove would perform > showupgrade Trace the steps that an upgrade would perform > > I suggest that --simulate shouldn't show the actual commands executed, > that's --teach's job. You can use --simulate --teach if you want to see > the commands performed without doing them. > > These should be replaced by allowing a file argument --from-file=FILE > anywhere a package list is needed: > > file-download Download packages listed in file ready for an install > file-install Install packages listed in a file > file-remove Remove packages listed in a file > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
