Re: bin/51269: pkg_info enhancements

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 18:50:33 +0000

 On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 02:45:01PM +0000, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
  >  On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 10:35:00AM +0000, paul%whooppee.com@localhost 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?
 
  >  > * Allow querying for a list of packages that have a variable set, and/or
  >  >   packages that have a variable set to a specific value (and maybe even
  >  >   a third variant to get a list of packages that do _not_ set the
  >  >   variable).
  >  > 
  >  > 	pkg_info -V variable_name
  >  > 	pkg_info -V variable_name=value
  >  > 	pkg_info -V \!variable
  >  
  >  Given that this can be trivally written as shell loop, I don't see the
  >  point. [...]
 
 "Because shell loops suck" seems like a reason.
 
 You're really giving the impression of looking for excuses not to
 change anything :-|
 
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 David A. Holland
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