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Ctags: Unknown option --extras

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Environment data

VS Code version: 1.29.1
Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2018.11.0
OS and version: Fedora 29
Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.7.1 and 2.7.15 (Python version unrelated)
Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): any
Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: ctags version (obtained through referred site)

→ ctags --version
Exuberant Ctags 5.8, Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Darren Hiebert
  Compiled: Jul  9 2009, 16:56:18
  Addresses: <dhiebert@users.sourceforge.net>, http://ctags.sourceforge.net
  Optional compiled features: +wildcards, +regex

Actual behavior

ctags: Unknown option: --extras when trying to view workspace’s symbols.

Expected behavior

List of workspace’s symbols is shown.

Steps to reproduce:

Download and install latest ctags release - 5.8 - for Fedora (.rpm file) from http://ctags.sourceforge.net
In VSCode press ctrl+t for workspace’s symbols.
Verify ctags: Unknown option: --extras error in Output is shown and no symbols generated.

Logs

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

ctags: Unknown option: --extras

Output from Console under the Developer Tools panel (toggle Developer Tools on under Help)

[ms-python.python]ctags: Unknown option: --extras

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Reactions:8
Comments:8 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

harrastiacommented, Dec 3, 2018

I experienced the same in my Ubuntu 18.04

I can see in the changelog something related to this was released recently https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#fixes. It points to this PR https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/793

Seems exuberant-ctags in some Linux distributions is pretty old and does not have the --extra option (but --extras). I built and installed manually the master branch from https://github.com/universal-ctags/ in my Ubuntu 18.04 and things work again. http://docs.ctags.io/en/latest/autotools.html

3reactions

carlosefrcommented, Dec 7, 2018

I’m also having this problem (macOS 10.12.6, brew installed ctags) and this workaround works for me:

sed -i .bak 's/^--extras=/--extra=/' "${HOME}/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2018.11.0/resources/ctagOptions"

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