509750 – app-portage/eix — proposal of '--dry-run' option for eix-sync

Bug 509750 - app-portage/eix — proposal of '--dry-run' option for eix-sync

Summary: app-portage/eix — proposal of '--dry-run' option for eix-sync

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Third-Party Tools (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Martin Väth

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Reported:	2014-05-07 05:26 UTC by Alexander Turenko
Modified:	2014-11-16 16:54 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Alexander Turenko 2014-05-07 05:26:23 UTC

eix-sync have default behaviour (step sequence) and lot of options, that can be changed via eix-sync.conf and run options. My idea: 'make'-like --dry-run (-n) option for display (without perform) step sequence, that will be performed without --dry-run, but with current .conf and run options. That’s convenient, I think.

Comment 1 Martin Väth 2014-05-10 06:28:49 UTC

This is a good idea.
Implemented in eix's git master on BerliOS and GitHub (>=eix-0.30.3).

Comment 2 Alexander Turenko 2014-05-10 11:07:37 UTC

Thanks!

One note: line 27 in zsh/_eix-sync
> '-n[dry run (implies -vH)]'
must will be
> '-n[dry run (implies -aHT)]'
?

I’m not familiar with zsh, it’s just intuitive supposition.

Comment 3 Martin Väth 2014-05-10 16:54:24 UTC

Thanks. I changed this description now completely: recommending -v is more important, and space is limited

Comment 4 Martin Väth 2014-11-16 16:54:38 UTC

Closing since corresponding eix version is in the tree meanwhile