Your message dated Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:57:22 +1100
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and subject line Re: Bug#487471: dlocate -l with no args
has caused the Debian Bug report #487471,
regarding emulate dpkg -l better for no args or arg=.
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Package: dlocate
Version: 0.94
Severity: wishlist
Gentlemen, if
-l Simplistic emulation of `dpkg -l'. Shows all packages which
match package.
Then allow us to compare
$ dlocate -l #Gives nothing: please fix to be like
$ dpkg -l
OK, then how about
$ dlocate .
which one would think would perhaps be like
$ dpkg -l \*
Well, in fact what
$ dlocate .
does actually do, I never found out, as I had already hit ^C when the
CPU meter blew its top and the grinding sound started on my disks.
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On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:32:04AM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
> Today now with the current version I ran dlocate -l again.
> I get this usage message that says dlocate -l is like dpkg -l except
> for... but it doesn't mention the case when one gives no arguments.
> Therefore, please fix the help message, or fix the behavior.
same answer as last time.
if you erroneously run 'dlocate -l' without a search pattern, it
will display a help message. this is what it is supposed to do.
i have no intention of changing this behaviour.
don't reopen this bug unless there's some new issue/problem that
hasn't already been covered in my previous answers.
craig
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craig sanders <[email protected]>
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