On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not too thrilled abuot this patch for the fact that we lost alpha ordering by shortopt for sync/upgrade/remove options. This is a step backwards in my opinion.
I can deal with the dbpath/root/every single op uses these things being at the bottom (and I think a blank line separating them would be good too), but the list seems very mismanaged for the main ops now.
I pulled the other two patches in, but not this one.
usage: pacman {-S --sync} [options] [package(s)] options: --asdeps install packages as non-explicitly installed --asexplicit install packages as explicitly installed -c, --clean remove old packages from cache directory (-cc for all) -d, --nodeps skip dependency checks -f, --force force install, overwrite conflicting files -g, --groups view all members of a package group -i, --info view package information -l, --list <repo> view a list of packages in a repo -s, --search <regex> search remote repositories for matching strings -u, --sysupgrade upgrade installed packages (-uu allows downgrade) -w, --downloadonly download packages but do not install/upgrade anything -y, --refresh download fresh package databases from the server --needed don't reinstall up to date packages --ignore <pkg> ignore a package upgrade (can be used more than once) --ignoregroup <grp> ignore a group upgrade (can be used more than once) --print only print the targets instead of performing the operation --print-format <string> specify how the targets should be printed -q, --quiet show less information for query and search --config <path> set an alternate configuration file --logfile <path> set an alternate log file --noconfirm do not ask for any confirmation --noprogressbar do not show a progress bar when downloading files --noscriptlet do not execute the install scriptlet if one exists -v, --verbose be verbose --debug display debug messages -r, --root <path> set an alternate installation root -b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database location --cachedir <dir> set an alternate package cache location --arch <arch> set an alternate architecture I don't understand why it is fine to have -q -v -r -b mixed up like that for the global section, but not have two other similar sections, which makes it much nicer to check consistency of code, --help and manpage. Isn't it nice to have that ? Maybe you can only appreciate that patch if you try checking the consistency before. Otherwise we can just do pacman -Sh | sort : --arch <arch> set an alternate architecture --asdeps install packages as non-explicitly installed --asexplicit install packages as explicitly installed -b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database location --cachedir <dir> set an alternate package cache location -c, --clean remove old packages from cache directory (-cc for all) --config <path> set an alternate configuration file --debug display debug messages -d, --nodeps skip dependency checks -f, --force force install, overwrite conflicting files -g, --groups view all members of a package group ignore a group upgrade (can be used more than once) --ignoregroup <grp> --ignore <pkg> ignore a package upgrade (can be used more than once) -i, --info view package information -k, --dbonly only modify database entries, not package files -l, --list <repo> view a list of packages in a repo --logfile <path> set an alternate log file --needed don't reinstall up to date packages --noconfirm do not ask for any confirmation --noprogressbar do not show a progress bar when downloading files --noscriptlet do not execute the install scriptlet if one exists --print-format <string> --print only print the targets instead of performing the operation -q, --quiet show less information for query and search -r, --root <path> set an alternate installation root specify how the targets should be printed -s, --search <regex> search remote repositories for matching strings -u, --sysupgrade upgrade installed packages (-uu allows downgrade) -v, --verbose be verbose -w, --downloadonly download packages but do not install/upgrade anything -y, --refresh download fresh package databases from the server I suppose I could do that in code, just replace all printf by addlist, sort the list at the end and print it. That way the options will always appear in the same order, no matter how they are written in the code.