Why is luarocks saying : Error: unknown option '-e' when installing luacheck...?

[HolterPhylo]

Why is luarocks saying : Error: unknown option '-e' when installing luacheck...?
Is it a luacheck problem?

from cmd prompt: luarocks install luacheck

Missing dependencies for luacheck 0.24.0-2:
argparse >= 0.6.0 (not installed)

luacheck 0.24.0-2 depends on lua >= 5.1 (5.3-1 provided by VM)
luacheck 0.24.0-2 depends on argparse >= 0.6.0 (not installed)
Installing https://luarocks.org/argparse-0.7.1-1.src.rock

argparse 0.7.1-1 depends on lua >= 5.1, < 5.5 (5.3-1 provided by VM)
argparse 0.7.1-1 is now installed in C:/Lua (license: MIT)

luacheck 0.24.0-2 depends on luafilesystem >= 1.6.3 (1.8.0-1 installed)
Usage: luarocks [-h] [--version] [--dev] [--server ]
[--only-server ] [--only-sources ]
[--namespace ] [--lua-dir ]
[--lua-version ] [--tree ] [--local] [--global]
[--verbose] [--timeout ] [--pin] [] ...

Error: unknown option '-e'
Did you mean '-h'?
Usage: luarocks [-h] [--version] [--dev] [--server ]
[--only-server ] [--only-sources ]
[--namespace ] [--lua-dir ]
[--lua-version ] [--tree ] [--local] [--global]
[--verbose] [--timeout ] [--pin] [] ...

Error: unknown option '-e'
Did you mean '-h'?
luacheck 0.24.0-2 is now installed in C:/Lua (license: MIT)```

[linuxmaniac]

please read #198

[alerque]

This looks like an issue with luarocks installing the argparse dependency on Windows but it is hard to be sure. If you still have this issue can I ask that you repost this as a new issue on the new official repository. As the previous commenter noted the maintainer of this one passed away and we have no way to resolve issues here any more. It would be appreciated if you close this to help us track what is dealt with and (if applicable) open a new issue on the active repository. Thanks!