[pacman-dev] [PATCH v4] paccache: adding the possibility for multiple cachedirs

[Dave Reisner]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 08:58:22PM +0200, Maxim Andersson wrote:
> 2014-08-27 17:55 GMT+02:00 Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com>:
> > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 06:09:37PM +0400, Yanus Poluektovich wrote:
> >> Why is the dir list comma-separated? The standard for *nix is to separate
> >> paths with a colon.
> >
> > In environment variables, sure. Do you have an example of where this is
> > done in a command line argument?
> >
> > I'm actually reconsidering my stance on the feature entirely, as it
> > disallows cachedirs with legitimate "," characters in them. I think
> > maybe it's sufficient to just accept multiple -c arguments (a feature
> > which isn't actually documented anywhere but in the commit message and
> > code).
> 
> I feel it would be enough with multiple -c arguments. I added the
> comma-separated option so it would behave similar to the -i argument.

I understand the rationale, but remember that "," is invalid in a
package name (arguments to -i). Meanwhile, it's entirely valid for a
path (arguments to -c).

> If the comma-separated list is removed, should there be a note about
> the multiple -c option in the usage function?
> 

Should probably be there regardless.

d