Re: [pacman-dev] pacman -D --help output

On 19/05/10 09:22, Dan McGee wrote:

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Allan McRae wrote:

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Saw this when I was playing some more with -D today.

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./src/pacman/pacman -D --help usage: lt-pacman {-D --database}<options> options: --asdeps mark packages as non-explicitly installed --asexplicit mark packages as explicitly installed --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

Are some of these options used with -D, or can they be removed? I am thinking of --noprogressbar, --noscriptlet, --arch, --noconfirm (?).

I think these show with every operation; they make no more sense with -Q either, right?

That code is a bit of fun; if someone wants to fix it up a bit to make it show saner option lists then that would be pretty cool.

I have added this to my ever increasing TODO list. But anyone else should feel free to tackle it. I will also file a feature request on the bug tracker so this does not get lost. Allan