On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 18:58 -0500, Dale wrote:
> Albert Hopkins wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 22:18 -0500, Dale wrote:
> >
> >> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:26:40 -0500, Dale wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> emerge -pvDu --reinstall changed-use @world
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ??? Certainly a lot more typing. ;-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> Use an alias and it's less typing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Or add it to make.conf. I think that would work too.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> It would work, every time you called emerge, whether you wanted that
> >>> option or not.I prefer to have aliases for commands with options that I
> >>> call often, but not every time.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I'm not real familiar with aliases but know what it is. If you use the
> >> alias method, how would you disable it for a one time run?
> >>
> >
> > Uh.. you don't "disable" it. You simply don't use the alias.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Oh, OK. <Dale waves hand over head.> If it is set up to add that
> option, how do you tell it not to use it?
Unless I'm misunderstanding something...
It's not an "option". It's an alias. If you have
$ alias myalias="emerge --foo --bar --baz"
Then to use the alias you simply type
$ myalias
If you don't want to use the alias, well, don't type it. I.e.
$ emerge --la --di --dah
or
$ someotheralias
Or perhaps you don't aren't understanding what shell aliases are?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_(command)
