Bug: manpages for q utils speak of <pkgname> but neglect to specify what <pkgname> is. Bug: q utils fail quietly when given an apparently invalid pkgname Reproduce: qdepends inkscape qdepends media-gfx/inscape qdepends media-gfx/inkscape-0.48.4 qdepends '§!$&!$67!$!' all terminate without any output or the slightest clue as for what was expected.
Would it hurt to at least confirm this? "q" is one of the central portage utilities but has virtually no documentation.
not too many people care about CONFIRMED state. i rarely look at it. added initial documentation here: http://sources.gentoo.org/gentoo-projects/portage-utils/man/include/qdepends-05-examples.include?rev=1.1 http://sources.gentoo.org/gentoo-projects/portage-utils/man/include/qdepends.desc?rev=1.1
and qdepends now warns when nothing is matched (and -q is not used): http://sources.gentoo.org/gentoo-projects/portage-utils/qdepends.c?r1=1.65&r2=1.66 and it'll exit non-0. iow, it behaves kind of like grep now.
*** Bug 645554 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
