v1.9.0 : `ls-search' is not an lei command

v1.9.0 : `ls-search' is not an lei command

[Josh Steadmon]

Hello all,

I recently had to reinstall my work machine, and after doing so I now
get an error when running `lei ls-search`:

`ls-search' is not an lei command

This happens with both version 1.9.0-1+build1 of the Debian "lei"
package, and with version 1.9.0 of the Nix "public-inbox" package.

Unfortunately I'm not sure which version I had installed prior to wiping
my machine.

Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
Josh

Re: v1.9.0 : `ls-search' is not an lei command

[Eric Wong]

Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I recently had to reinstall my work machine, and after doing so I now
> get an error when running `lei ls-search`:
> 
> `ls-search' is not an lei command
> 
> This happens with both version 1.9.0-1+build1 of the Debian "lei"
> package, and with version 1.9.0 of the Nix "public-inbox" package.

Are you sure the `lei' in $PATH is pointed to the right
installation?

`lei sucks' should give diagnostic info (or similarly broken if
the lei-daemon is running on an uninstalled version).

`lei daemon-kill' should always work and rerunning any `lei'
should restart it.

Check for a LeiLsSearch.pm on your machine and see if it lines
up with your expected installation location (and there should be
a bunch of Lei*.pm siblings in the same directory).

Re: v1.9.0 : `ls-search' is not an lei command

[Josh Steadmon]

On 2024.04.04 19:55, Eric Wong wrote:
> Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I recently had to reinstall my work machine, and after doing so I now
> > get an error when running `lei ls-search`:
> > 
> > `ls-search' is not an lei command
> > 
> > This happens with both version 1.9.0-1+build1 of the Debian "lei"
> > package, and with version 1.9.0 of the Nix "public-inbox" package.
> 
> Are you sure the `lei' in $PATH is pointed to the right
> installation?
> 
> `lei sucks' should give diagnostic info (or similarly broken if
> the lei-daemon is running on an uninstalled version).

Thanks for the pointer to `lei sucks'. It reported that lei was for some
reason trying to load packages from a prior attempt at installing
public-inbox from source, even after deleting the relevant directory.
I'm not sure how that happened, since I installed via apt and AFAICT
there's nothing in my environment that would tell Perl to look in that
location.

In any case, `apt-get purge lei` followed by a reinstall worked after
deleting the old source directory.

Thanks again!