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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 08:19:37AM +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> I like it, although I think that if we add broader support for it, we
> should probably be consequent and add it everywhere where appropriate?
> (That is ofcourse, assuming that does not take too long to implement
> etc.)

Right, that was what I meant by "incomplete". I think there are several
other cases where giving "--root" would have expected behavior but is
currently ignored. I'll take a closer look, but I probably won't have
time for a few days.

-Peff