Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:31:41 -0500 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE amd64, Perl, and URI: : Escape Message-ID: <247e9231-82fe-b575-106e-2bfaf1c58542@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <ff01f0a4-ebaa-7faf-593c-fa8f2eed0c34@holgerdanske.com> References: <20220223175134.4C6B737CE796@ary.qy> <ff01f0a4-ebaa-7faf-593c-fa8f2eed0c34@holgerdanske.com>
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David Christensen wrote on 2/23/22 7:35 PM: > On 2/23/22 09:51, John Levine wrote: >> It appears that David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> said: >>> On 2/22/22 07:12, Andrew Gould wrote: >>>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 9:59 PM John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It appears that David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> said: >>> >>>>>> Is there a CLI tool, WWW page, etc., that lets me list and/or >>>>>> search the >>>>>> contents of FreeBSD packages? >>>>> >>>>> Not easily. I have the ports installed so I can grep through the >>>>> pkg-plist files. >>> >>>> I’ve found http://www.freshports.org to be very useful. >>> >>> >>> I am unable to formulate a search that finds URI::Escape. >> >> It helps a lot if you know that perl stores its packages in a >> directory tree >> so the file name for URI::Escape is URI/Escape >> >> Type that into the Google search box at freshports and net/p5-URI is >> one of the results. >> In the result page you have to click a button to expand the pkg-plist >> results to see >> which one has that file. >> >> I agree this is not super obvious, either. >> >> R's, >> John > > > If I browse to: > > https://www.freshports.org/ > > > type the following into the "Search" edit box widget on the right: > > URI/Escape > > > and click the adjacent "Go" button, I see: > > https://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=URI%2FEscape&search=go&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive > > > > FreshPorts -- The Place For Ports notbugAs an Amazon Associate I earn > from qualifying purchases. > Want a good read? Try FreeBSD Mastery: Jails (IT Mastery Book 15) > Follow us > Blog > Twitter > Status page > Search FreshPorts using Google > > > The FreshPorts Search > > > Include deleted ports Case sensitive search Sort by: > Include /src tree > Output format: > HTML > Plain Text > Depends > Maximum Effort Minimal output > Branch: > Notes > > Case sensitivity is ignored for "sounds like" and output is > ordered by the soundex. > When searching on 'Message ID', the type of match is ignored. > When searching on 'Commit Message' only 'containing' is used. > When searching by 'Under a pathname', your path must start with > something like /ports/, /doc/, or /src/. All commits under that point > will be returned. The selected match type is ignored and defaults to > 'Starts with'. > Searching for 'sounds like' is only valid for Committer, > Maintainer, Package Name, and Port Name. > > no results found > > > I get similar results for "URI/Escape.pm". > two suggestions: This search term on most search engines: site:freshports.org URI::Escape Search for URI::Escape in Long Description or Short Description at https://www.freshports.org/search.php source: I wrote FreshPorts I usually use the first one when searching for stuff like that. -- Dan Langille - dan@langille.org https://langille.org/
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