[Rpm-maint] Promoting popt

[Axel Liljencrantz]

On 12/19/06, James Bowes <jbowes at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Axel Liljencrantz wrote:
> > Is the latest popt version closer to getopt_long in commandline syntax
> > than the one used in fedora 6? Specifically, does it support
> > specifying arguments for switches using '=', like 'rpm -q
> > --whatprovides=kernel'?
>
> I think it actually does. For instance, try:
>   rpm --pipe=less -q --whatprovides zsh
>
> This may just be a case of rpm's command-line syntax being a little,
> uhm, interesting.

Thanks for the clarification.

So all one would have to do is tweak the way rpm parses switches? That
should be easier to fix.

Would a patch that tries to fix this be accepted?

>
> -James
>


-- 
Axel