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authorMarco S Hyman <marc@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-10-13 23:09:55 +0000
committerMarco S Hyman <marc@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-10-13 23:09:55 +0000
commit5151819038ae07cb40007b9af6f62b7a1233e1f8 (patch)
tree1da90b6e2032cccea62e8374ca25f7816dcd1948 /usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1
parenteb96b5bdfeaf891a861a757eab37a1348f1a030a (diff)
Sync with recent NetBSD changes:
- use snprintf in place of sprintf - code cleanup - Package -> package_t, PackingList -> plist_t Also: remove files that haven't been linked in a while Pass -q to mtree so it is quiet in the presence of symlinks
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.128
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1
index c937e751770..1457fb3748f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_info.1,v 1.3 1998/09/07 22:30:16 marc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_info.1,v 1.4 1998/10/13 23:09:51 marc Exp $
.\"
.\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance
.\" of non-core utilities.
@@ -55,18 +55,26 @@ Show the install-message file (if any) for each package.
.It Fl d
Show the long-description field for each package.
.It Fl e Ar pkg-name
+This option
+allows you to test for the presence of another (perhaps
+prerequisite) package from a script.
If the package identified by
.Ar pkg-name
is currently installed, return 0, otherwise return 1.
-If the given pkg-name contains a
+In addition, the names of any package(s) found installed are printed to
+stdout unless turned off using the
+.Fl q
+option.
+
+If the given
+.Ar pkg-name
+contains a
shell metacharacter, it will be matched against all installed
packages using
-.Xr fnmatch 3 ,
-and any packages found installed are printed to stdout, one name per
-line.
+.Xr fnmatch 3 .
.Xr csh 1
-style {,} alternates have also been implemented.
-Dewey decimal numbers can also be matched in a relational manner,
+style {,} alternates have also been implemented in addition to this.
+Package version numbers can also be matched in a relational manner
using the
.Pa >=, <=, >
and
@@ -77,12 +85,6 @@ For example,
will match versions 1.3 and later of the
.Pa name
package.
-This printing can be turned off using the
-.Fl q
-option.
-This option
-allows you to test for the presence of another (perhaps
-prerequisite) package from a script.
.It Fl f
Show the packing list instructions for each package.
.It Fl I