Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:29:30 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Output change of 'pkg info' after 1.2. Message-ID: <20131206082929.GP76976@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20131206.015422.185732494.yasu@utahime.org> References: <20131206.001338.320545926.yasu@utahime.org> <20131205163600.0d9f3f6f@bsd64.grem.de> <20131205162409.GA4906@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20131206.015422.185732494.yasu@utahime.org>
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On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 01:54:22AM +0900, Yasuhiro KIMURA wrote:
> From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
> Subject: Re: Output change of 'pkg info' after 1.2.
> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 17:24:09 +0100
>=20
> > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote:
> >> On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:13:38 +0900 (JST)
> >> Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org> wrote:
> >>=20
> >> > I noticed that output of 'pkg info' changed after version 1.2.
> >> >=20
> >> > If I remember correctly, 1.1.x behaved as following:
> >> >=20
> >> > - 'pkg info -q pkg-name' outputs package name with version.
> >> > - 'pkg info pkg-name' outputs package name with version, and comment.
> >> > - 'pkg info -f pkg-name' outputs full information.
> >> >=20
> >> > But 1.2.1 works as following:
> >> >=20
> >> > - 'pkg info -q pkg-name' outputs nothing.
> >> > - Both 'pkg info pkg-name' and 'pkg info -f pkg-name' outputs full
> >> > information.=20
> >>=20
> >> Just tested, pkg 1.1.4 vs. 1.2.1
> >>=20
> >> pkg info -q pkg-name is identical on both, but "-f" vs no parameter
> >> definitely changed and this seems like a bug to me.
> >>=20
> >=20
> > It is not a bug, but intended as requested by a lot of users. To mimic =
the
> > pkg_info behaviour.
> >=20
> > pkg info -q shows nothing on purpose as well as pkg info -q is used by =
the
> > scripts like portmaster or by the ports tree and only the return value =
is
> > checked
> > 0 means something was found 1 means nothing was found.
>=20
> Thank you for explanation.
>=20
> Then I have one question. Is there any way to get same output as=20
> 'pkg info pkg-name' of 1.1.x? I tried some combination of options but
> could not find proper one.
>=20
only pkg query now.
pkg query "%n-%v" and to simply your life you could probably have in your
pkg.conf (since pkg 1.2)
alias: {
whatis : "query '%n-%v'"
}
$ pkg whatis pkgconf
pkgconf-0.9.3
etc.
I should create some kind of polling to see what do people expect before fi=
xing
a feature request, because sometime onces request defeats what others expec=
ts.
regards,
Bapt
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