pkgin search doesn't show = < >

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>]

sunflower:reed$ sudo pkgin search firefox
firefox36-l10n-3.6.28  Language packs for www/firefox36
firefox10-l10n-10.0.6  Language packs for www/firefox
firefox-l10n-15.0.1  Language packs for www/firefox

=: package is installed and up-to-date
<: package is installed but newer version is available
>: installed package has a greater version than available package

sunflower:reed$ pkg_info | grep firefox
firefox-8.0         Web browser with support for extensions

sunflower:reed$ sudo pkgin avail | grep firefox
firefox-l10n-15.0.1  Language packs for www/firefox
firefox10-l10n-10.0.6 Language packs for www/firefox
firefox36-l10n-3.6.28 Language packs for www/firefox36

Well maybe firefox is bad example.
(I will send another email about that.)

Also see:

sunflower:reed$ sudo pkgin search pkgin
pkgin-0.6.2.2nb1     Apt / yum like tool for managing pkgsrc binary 
packages

=: package is installed and up-to-date
<: package is installed but newer version is available
>: installed package has a greater version than available package


This is pkgin-0.6.2.2nb1.

Notice the key is shown but it doesn't indicate anything with =, <, or 
>.

Also list doesn't list packages:

sunflower:reed$ sudo pkgin list 
Requested list is empty.

I also tried with -f switch but no noticable change. What is -f supposed 
to do?

(pkg_info does list them.)

The manual page has a TODO:

     update      Creates and populates the initial database.  Must be 
run
                 after the variable TODO something missing here




  Jeremy C. Reed

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