forcemerge 392432 461247 thanks On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 00:28:34 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Toby Speight wrote: > > Package: dpkg > > Version: 1.14.7 > > Severity: important > > File: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives > > > > /--------[ update-alternatives --help ] > > | Options: > > | --test don't do anything, just demonstrate. > > \-------- > > > > But when I tried using --test to check my --remove-all command, I got > > no output, and I discovered that the remove-all had actually been > > performed. Luckily, I had got my command right... > > Confirmed: > $ grep testmode scripts/update-alternatives.pl > my $testmode = 0; > $testmode= 1; > > So it looks like this never got implemented... this was already the case > in dpkg 1.1.4 in 1996 (this is as far as I can go in the history). > > Thus I suggest to simply remove that option altogether from the script > and the manual page.
I was about to add 'not yet implemented' in the --help output to sync it with the manpage, but thinking how this could be implemented I've to say I agree we better just remove the option. The whole script depends on the files it has changed/removed/symlinked during the whole execution. So I'll just do that. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
