Re: bin/51269: pkg_info enhancements

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

The following reply was made to PR bin/51269; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, paul%whooppee.com@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/51269: pkg_info enhancements
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:36:05 +0200

 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