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Date:      Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:01:27 +0800
From:      Jing-Tang Keith Jang <keith@bsdvm.jtjang.idv.tw>
To:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: problem manipulating ports programatically
Message-ID:  <20001122130127.A593@bsdvm.jtjang.idv.tw>
In-Reply-To: <x7em04r4y7.fsf@aguirre.la.mastaler.com>; from jason@mastaler.com on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 09:44:32PM -0700
References:  <00112117191502.01897@nightshade> <20001122112249.A454@bsdvm.jtjang.idv.tw> <x7em04r4y7.fsf@aguirre.la.mastaler.com>

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On 11/21/00, Jason R Mastaler wrote:
> Perhaps, but locators such as `whereis' still can't distinguish
> between them.  `whereis' doesn't know about "de-dict", only "dict",
> and then all the ports show up, multi-lingual and otherwise.  Herein
> lies my problem.

Then use ports/INDEX instead.  You can manually `make index` in case
it didn't reflect latest changes.

BTW, many ports still have "-" in their PORTNAME/PKGNAME, eg. netscape.
So using "-" as separator may not be sufficient.
-- 
Keep it simple AND stupid.


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