On Tuesday 02 September 2008 10:12:33 Dale wrote: > > Which is what the output was telling you all along. Previously you didn't > > need the "--", but that leads to all manner of horrible screw-ups > > > > > > > > Aaaaa, I gotcha. Keep in mind I'm not a programmer here. Not real sure > what the -- means either but as long as it works. Wooooo Oooooooo !!
It's just a convention. revdep-rebuild launches some other process (emerge) so when it does that it takes everything it finds on it's own command line after the " -- " and passes it on to emerge literally. it's quite a common trick, startx/xinit also do the same thing, for the same reason. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
