I missed that the `choco list –localonly` had become default in 2015…
Posted by jpluimers on 2023/07/28
and when upgrading to Chocolatey to version 2, I got this error:
Invalid argument --localonly. This argument has been removed from the list command and cannot be used.
The upgrade broke a small batch file choco-list-installed.bat that I run on a lot of systems including both old and new chocolatey installations some dating back to before 2015 having this simple content:
choco list --localonly
So I missed [Wayback/Archive] Change behavior of choco list to be local only · Issue #158 · chocolatey/choco which had been enforced in 2.0.0 or 2.0.1 to error out with the above message according to the [Wayback/Archive] Chocolatey Software Docs | Upgrading To Chocolatey Products v2.0.0 and Chocolatey Licensed Extension 6.0.0: the –local-only and -lo Options Have Been Removed.
However, it also introduces the workaround making it forward compatible for integrations (like batch file scripts) that need to run on both Chocolatey v1 and v2:
To ensure we do not break any existing automation, integrations or scripts using the
--limit-outputor-ralong with-l,-aor one of their aliases, will continue to run and will not produce an error. Only a warning will be added to the logs. In a future release this will produce an error, so please ensure you remove-l,-a, and aliases, from any automations or scripts that you have.
So now my batch file is this and compatible with both Chocolatey versions 1 and 2:
choco list --local-only --limit-output
Query: [Wayback/Archive] “Invalid argument –localonly. This argument has been removed from the list command and cannot be used.” – Google Search
–jeroen
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