Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 16:50:32 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@chello.cz> Cc: FreeBSD -CURRENT <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg_install patches for review / testing Message-ID: <4093B938.3000809@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <20040501142926.GB599@isis.wad.cz> References: <4093915F.4090403@fillmore-labs.com> <20040501142926.GB599@isis.wad.cz>
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Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com / 2004-05-01 14:00:31 +0200: > >>This patch add the following features to the pkg_install suite of tools: >> >>* new flags: >> >> -X: use extended regular expression instead of basic ones (pkg_info, >> pkg_delete, pkg_version) (PR 56961) > >> -E: show only matching package names and set the return code (pkg_info) >> (PR 56961) > > Shouldn't these two be swapped to match sed, grep, etc? I've modeled them after -x and -e: pkg_info -x -> regular expressions, pkg_info -X -> exended regular expressions pkg_info -e -> test if a package is installed, pkg_info -E -> test if installed packages are matched by a glob pattern (and display the matched names). To achieve the latter bsd.port.mk currently does `ls -d /var/db/pkg/PATTERN 2>/dev/null'. The pkg_* tools have a plethora of inconsistent knobs, but they are mainly used in scripts. I don't really care, but I already use -E in portaudit, so do you think it is really worth the effort? Of course I *can* check the version number, so switching the flags is possible. -Oliver
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