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.
given that dnf recognizes both "--arch" and "--forcearch" for some operations, i was hoping the same *architecture-specific* selection could be applied to queries.
rday