Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (53 mails)

[jkupec@xxxxxxx]

Michael Schroeder wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 05:27:03PM -0000, jkupec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > - --from added to install command to mark packages
> > > >   for installation (by glob/name) from specified
> > > >   repos
> >
> > So '--from' is like '--repo' with the difference that it does what
> > the user expects?

Both options make sense, don't you think? But i agree --from is something
that users will want much more often. (But expect bugs (i noticed one
problem in PoolQuery when testing --from) and bad performance with --from,
i will try to optimize it a bit next week).

> > (Btw, zypper's options are so messed up. I just saw that 'zypper sa'
> > also has a completly different '--repo' option.)

'sa' is not a zypper command, it's rug's. You can get a list of all
commands by just typing 'zypper'. But yes, zypper ar (addrepo) has
--repo, and it serves for specifying .repo file for adding. Since the
purpose of addrepo command is so much different from install or other
which have --repo option, i believe there is not much room for confusion.

Note that zypper makes difference between global and command-specific
options.

How would you like it to be, anyway? It's quite counterproductive to rant
and not suggest a thing.

--
cheers,
jano

 Ján Kupec
 YaST team
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