On 13:09 Thu 16 Mar     , Matthias Langer wrote:
> Is there a reason why 
> 
> #catalyst2 -p
> 
> prints
> 
> ...
> !!! catalyst: please specify one of either -f or -C
> 
> Usage catalyst [options] [-C variable=value...] [ -s identifier]
>  -a --clear-autoresume  clear autoresume flags
>  -c --config            use specified configuration file
>  -C --cli               catalyst commandline (MUST BE LAST OPTION)
>  -d --debug             enable debugging
>  -f --file              read specfile
>  -F --fetchonly         fetch files only
>  -h --help              print this help message
>  -p --purge             clear tmp dirs,package cache and autoresume
> flags
>  -s --snapshot          generate a Portage snapshot
>  -V --version           display version information
>  -v --verbose           verbose output
> 
> ?
> 
> I'm using version 2.0_rc40 ...
> 
> Matthias

Yes it wants a spec file that you had been using so it knows which
packages and tmp dirs to clear.  Otherwise it will not know which ones
should be kept.  This is done as there might be a stage1 cache for
example and you only wanted the stage2 stuff cleaned up.

catalyst2 -p -f /path/to/spec

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