qfile's -e (exact) option is oddly documented: Exact match (used with --exclude) There is no --exclude, and there is no more info to what it does either. It seems to, however show an "exact package", which is identical to what most other q tools do as well in the -v option (also works in qfile). In fact, in the code, verbose is implemented using the exact codepath. It's probably a remant from the past, and best be removed.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage-utils.git/commit/?id=951a8711a59b1a7d49125f5f5214ff1ae9e50074 commit 951a8711a59b1a7d49125f5f5214ff1ae9e50074 Author: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-02-28 19:27:12 +0000 Commit: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-02-28 19:27:12 +0000 qfile: drop non-functional --exact option Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/678632 Signed-off-by: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> man/qfile.1 | 3 --- qfile.c | 11 ++--------- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
this is available onwards from 0.80_pre*
