Re: pkg_summary to include PKGBASENAME and PKGVERSION?

[iMil <imil%home.imil.net@localhost>]

> > The only justification is to save tool developers from having to
> > derive it.
>
> The overhead is about 5 lines of code in C including error checking.

Please. Have a look at pkg_summary(5) and see, for example, PKGNAME and 
PKGPATH entries for apache and php-mysql :

apache has 3 versions, apache 1.3.x, apache-2.0 and apache-2.2, here an 
easy way of detecting which apache is to be installed is to use its 
PKGPATH name (apache, apache2, apache22). Of course I could ask the user 
but that would compromise an automatic mode.

For php-mysql (4 and 5 being present) and similar packages, it's the 
contrary, their PKGPATH do match, but their PKGNAME are different.

I'm working on those issues right now, and I can assure you this kind of 
package discovery is _not_ a 5 lines of code overhead.

Anyway, I'll have to handle this -and more, have a look at unmatching 
REQUIRES/PROVIDES and RESTRICTED packages not being flagged on 
pkg_summary(5)- so my tools is usable on NetBSD 4+.

regards,

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