Re: pkg_info(1) and wildcards / by-file listenings

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

> Hi all,
> currently pkg_info will incrementally list all packages that match each
> argument when used to query the pkgdb. This has the advantage of
> starting earlier, but has the disadvantage of printing the same package
> possibly multiple times and also without sorting. What do you think of
> changing this to build a list of unique packages matching the arguments
> first, optionally sorting it and then creating output?

        That sounds like a very a good idea, would make the output
        more useful for scripts and humans.

> Possible sort criterions are lexical and install time. Selection
> criterions are all, manual installed, automatically installed, leaves
> as well as packages matching the given list.

        Would you default all output to one sort (say alpha) and then
        provide a sort by 'x' option?

        On a side note, would there be any sense in make -e take
        multiple package names?

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