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Bug 566832 - emaint - ERROR: module 'merges' does not have option '--purge-tracker'
Summary: emaint - ERROR: module 'merges' does not have option '--purge-tracker'
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 562652
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Tools (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Portage Tools Team
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Reported: 2015-11-25 16:31 UTC by Micha
Modified: 2015-11-25 18:07 UTC (History)
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Description Micha 2015-11-25 16:31:37 UTC
# emaint --purge merges

ERROR: module 'merges' does not have option '--purge-tracker'

 merges module options:
  -P, --purge-tracker Removes the list of previously failed merges. WARNING: Only use this option if you plan on manually fixing them or do not want them re-installed.

sys-apps/portage-2.2.20.1

# eselect python list 
Available Python interpreters:
  [1]   python2.7
  [2]   python3.4 *



It is not well documented in man page, what the option exactly should be so I assumed "--purge".


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Emerge sys-apps/portage-2.2.20.1
2. Use Python 3.4
3. run emaint --purge merges

Probably 1. and 2. not necessary.
Actual Results:  
user confusion:
1. refers to an option which is not used by user
2. says that this option is not available
3. list this unavailable option as an available option
I am confused. I do not trust emaint.


Expected Results:  
Not that much confusion.

Is there any more documentation what exactly the goal of each module should be?

Severity: At least I stop using this program. Shortly after starting to use it ;-)
Comment 1 Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2015-11-25 18:07:12 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 562652 ***