Re: chkstow not showing list of packages

James Jong <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:15:04 -0400
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I wonder if the reason why chkstow isn't working is because I am using
symlinks to populate my stow dir ? (see my other question:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-stow/2013-04/msg00006.html)

James


On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:03 PM, James Jong <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have the following setup in my .stowrc file:
>
> --dir=/home/james/opt/stow_all/stow_storage
> --target=/home/james/opt/stow_all/stow_appear
> --ignore='~'
> --ignore='^CVS'
>
> and I have successfully stowed two packages under my target path.
>
> However, when I try:
> > chkstow --list
> or
> > chkstow -l
> or
> > chkstow -t /home/james/opt/stow_all/stow_appear --list
>
> I get nothing. Wasn't this command supposed to show the packages that I
> have installed? Any thoughts on why I get nothing?
>
> Thanks again for providing this great tool to the community. As we move
> back to time-shared systems/supercomputers and people lose admin rights to
> these systems, installing to local installations is increasingly becoming
> more common, and Stow is a perfect fit for this,
>
> ~James
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I wonder if the reason why chkstow isn&#39;t working is be=
cause I am using symlinks to populate my stow dir ? (see my other question:=
=A0<a href=3D"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-stow/2013-04/msg00006.=
html" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-stow/2013-04=
/msg00006.html</a>)=A0<div>


<br></div><div>James</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:03 PM, James Jong <span dir=3D"ltr">=
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">ribonucleic=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><d=
iv>I have the following setup in my .stowrc file:<br><br>--dir=3D/home/jame=
s/opt/stow_all/stow_storage<br>


--target=3D/home/james/opt/stow_all/stow_appear<br>--ignore=3D&#39;~&#39;<b=
r>--ignore=3D&#39;^CVS&#39;<br>
<br></div>and I have successfully stowed two packages under my target path.=
<br><br></div>However, when I try:<br></div>&gt; chkstow --list<br>or <br>&=
gt; chkstow -l<br></div>or<br>&gt; chkstow -t /home/james/opt/stow_all/stow=
_appear --list<br>



<br></div>I get nothing. Wasn&#39;t this command supposed to show the packa=
ges that I have installed? Any thoughts on why I get nothing?<br><br></div>=
Thanks again for providing this great tool to the community. As we move bac=
k to time-shared systems/supercomputers and people lose admin rights to the=
se systems, installing to local installations is increasingly becoming more=
 common, and Stow is a perfect fit for this,<br>



<br>~James<br></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div>

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