Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:36:24 -0800 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org, Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl> Subject: Re: Request for comments [Fwd: bin/24695: [patch] pkg_info: prefix search for a package] Message-ID: <7914.981412584@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> of "Mon, 05 Feb 2001 16:34:53 %2B0200." <3A7EBA0D.A293FF21@FreeBSD.org>
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> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=24695 > > What do ppl think about proposed feature? I personally think that at least > prefix part could be solved easily with appropriate autocompletion rule, > however if there is enough interest I could go on and add this feature. Well, I've always wished that pkg_info and pkg_delete could take regexp style wildcards as arguments. Then you could do ``pkg_info emacs*'' or ``pkg_delete *gtk*'' to do the expected thing on them, and I think that would obey the POLA to such an extent that you wouldn't even need new special arguments like -P or -F. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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