Bug 688683

Summary: pkcon refresh does not recognize "--force" option
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ben Liblit <liblit>
Component: PackageKitAssignee: Richard Hughes <rhughes>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Ben Liblit 2011-03-17 17:40:25 UTC
Description of problem:

Running "pkcon --help" lists available subcommands, including "refresh [--force]".  However, "pkcon refresh --force" does not actually work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

PackageKit-0.6.12-2.fc14.i686

How reproducible:

100% reproducible

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run "pkcon --help | grep refresh".
2. Run "pkcon refresh --force".
  
Actual results:

The first step listed above shows "refresh [--force]" as an available subcommand.  However, the second step listed above reports "Failed to parse command line: Unknown option --force".

Expected results:

Either the "--force" option should work (by forcing a refresh), or it should not be mentioned in the "pkcon --help" subcommand list.  Either way, the help text and actual options supported should be in mutual agreement.

Comment 1 Heiko Adams 2011-11-04 14:59:52 UTC
Problem is still present on fedora 16

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Comment 3 Nicola Soranzo 2013-01-17 09:37:39 UTC
Also pkcon --help-all is listed as an option, but gives: "Failed to parse command line: Unknown option --help-all".

Comment 4 Fedora End Of Life 2013-07-04 02:55:26 UTC
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Comment 5 Fedora End Of Life 2013-08-01 09:44:52 UTC
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Comment 6 Ben Liblit 2013-08-01 15:02:19 UTC
Under Fedora 19 with PackageKit-0.8.9-6.fc19, the help text describes the refresh subcommand as "refresh [force]".  And indeed, "pkcon refresh force" seems to work, or at least does not report an error.  So I'm going to call this fixed.

Regarding comment #3, that's still present under Fedora 19.  But it's a distinct bug, so I recommend filing a distinct bug report for it.

Comment 7 Nicola Soranzo 2013-08-01 16:06:40 UTC
(In reply to Ben Liblit from comment #6)
> Regarding comment #3, that's still present under Fedora 19.  But it's a
> distinct bug, so I recommend filing a distinct bug report for it.

"pkcon --help-all" works for me, does the same of "pkcon --help".