On Monday 01 September 2008 18:43:35 Dale wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> >> Yesterday I was having problems with a few packages, like openoffice,
> >> because of java issues. The advice I found to correct the problem was
> >> to run python-updater, which I did. It reemerged 33 packages one of
> >> which was alsa-libs. It reemerged alsa-lib, it did not upgrade it.
> >
> > This should fix it:
> >
> > revdep-rebuild -X -i --ask
> >
> > the problem seems to be a link problem with the ALSA lib. When you
> > hear "link problem", revdep-rebuild is the solution most of the time.
> > It will rebuild packages that use the ALSA lib.
>
> I ran into this the other day. It doesn't like the -a or --ask option.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # revdep-rebuild -i --ask
>
> Encountered unrecognized option --ask.
>
> revdep-rebuild no longer automatically passes unrecognized options to
> portage.
> Separate emerge-only options from revdep-rebuild options with the -- flag.
>
> For example, revdep-rebuild -v -- --ask
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You missed this bit. It's working as designed.
Command line parsers are written this way to avoid option conflicts. If
revdep-rebuild and emerge both have -a options, which one should be used?
Logic says it should be revdep-rebuild gets the -a option but what if you do
want to pass it to emerge? That's why there's a "--" and why you have to use
it
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