[gentoo-user] Is this a bug in equery
I'm trying to learn equery since qpkg is being laid to rest. However I'm finding the hints that appear when you syntax is wrong very confusing. Her is an example: equery files --type vim Gives the expected results but if you add a version number things get very confusing equery files --type vim-6.3 equery files --type vim-6.3 [ Searching for packages matching vim-6.3... ] !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 OK following the example give doesn't work: equery files --type =app-editors/vim-6.3 -bash: =app-editors/vim-6.3: No such file or directory OR equery files =app-editors/vim-6.3 -bash: =app-editors/vim-6.3: No such file or directory That was following EXACTLY the given directions. It appears one needs to quote that kind of query like: equery files =app-editors/vim-6.3 So that is what the directions need to say. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this a bug in equery
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:11:27 -0300 Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: equery files --type =app-editors/vim-6.3 -bash: =app-editors/vim-6.3: No such file or directory add single quotes, so the metacharacter is not parsed by bash, like this: equery files --type '=app-editors/vim-6.3' yes its not a biug as such, but a result of the shell you are using, which interprets as a redirection tool. Perhaps the equery docos should/examples should say so. If you want it fixed, files bug, mentioning it here will NOT get it fixed. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Is this a bug in equery
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 20:02 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I'm trying to learn equery since qpkg is being laid to rest. However I'm finding the hints that appear when you syntax is wrong very confusing. I have opened bug #113423 Does the following make more sense to you: $ ./equery files --type vim-6.4 [ Searching for packages matching vim-6.4... ] !!! Invalid syntax: missing operator !!! If you want only specific versions please use one of !!! the following operators as prefix for the package name: !!! = = = !!! Example to only match gcc versions greater or equal 3.2: !!!=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 !!! !!! Note: The symbols and are used for redirection in the shell !!! You must enclose the package name in quotation marks, if either !!! of these characters are used Regards, Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
