On Thu, 8 Mar 2018, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/18 20:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2018, Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>> On 03/08/18 18:45, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>> i've pawed over the man page for dnf and i can't figure out how
>>> to do something simple -- i want to restrict the output of
>>> commands like "dnf search" or "dnf info" to just a
selected set of
>>> architectures.
>> Sure.
>>
>> I'll give you a hint. Just "exclude" the architecture of the
>> packages you don't want. You'll have to use a "glob" to do
it.
>>
>> Of course, if you give up, I'll tell you what you need to know.
>> But, sometimes it is better to try a bit more and learn a bit along
>> the way.
> ed: your frequently condescending replies to me wherein you lecture
> to me as if i'm a 12-year-old is getting a little tiring. i am well
> aware of dnf's "--exclude" option, but that option simply allows (if
i
> read this correctly) globbing on the entire package name, architecture
> and everything else in between.
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf --excludepkgs=*686 info 389-admin
curiously, while "dnf --help" mentions that option, it does not
appear anywhere in the man page:
$ man dnf | grep excludepkgs
$
Maybe the man page was too long?
yes, that must be it ... if only i'd kept on reading.
rday