Re: bin/51269: pkg_info enhancements

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 06:40:01PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR bin/51269; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: bin/51269: pkg_info enhancements
> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 18:39:14 +0000
> 
>  On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 06:25:00PM +0000, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>   >>>> * Allow for querying of more than one variable at a time, by specifying
>   >>>>   multiple -Q options
>   >>>> 
>   >>>>        pkg_info -Q PKGPATH -Q PKGNAME
>   >>>  
>   >>>  So, how would I know where one variable ends and the next one starts?
>   >>  
>   >>  Uh, with getopt?
>   >  
>   >  In the output, not on the command line.
>  
>  One per line, same as in +BUILD_INFO? That won't work if there are
>  multiple values for one of the variables, but that's not the common
>  case.

It doesn't even work if there is no input, as that doesn't trigger any
option at all.

>  Also, right now if you run the above example with two -Q options
>  pkg_info silently prints nothing, which does not seem like it's better
>  behavior.

It uses the common behavior of last argument in a group wins. PKGNAME
has no defined value, so no output is given.

Joerg