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Which version of ctags had the `-T` option?

I am looking at an old Makefile which specifies the -T option to ctags. I am running exuberant ctags 5.9, and it does not have the -T option.

A web search for the term ctags -T option did not reveal anything.

Does anyone know which version of ctags supported the -T option and what it means?

Solution

  • Well, on my Gentoo system I have this:

    $ ctags --help | grep -e -T
-T, --typedefs-and-c++

$ ctags --version          
ctags (GNU Emacs 24.5)
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is distributed under the terms in ETAGS.README

$ readlink $(which ctags) 
ctags-emacs-24

$ equery belongs $(which ctags)
app-editors/emacs-24.5 (/usr/bin/ctags-emacs-24)

$ eselect ctags list
Available ctags symlink targets:
  [1]   ctags-emacs-24 *
  [2]   exuberant-ctags

    ctags-emacs-24 is ctags implementation from emacs package, while exuberant ctags are available through exuberant-ctags command.

    I guess on your system, ctags command is exuberant ctags, which doesn't have -T option.