Saturday, April 09, 2022

Re: Package search methods on OpenBSD

Le Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 11:16:08AM +0200, Marcus MERIGHI a écrit :
> Hello!
>
> Thanks for the valuable overview, Aaron!
>
> You left out pkg_mgr(1) because you thougth it was removed,
> just as I did?
>
> Thanks to daniel@, it's back in a working state:
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> revision 1.18
> date: 2021/12/19 05:00:22; author: daniel; state: Exp; lines: +2 -3;
> commitid: kW54BXTLMkuB6Ti7;
> unbreak pkg_mgr by adapting to changes in base
> more work likely needed but this is a start
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> see also:
> https://marc.info/?t=163195279400001
>
> pkg_mgr(1) was the easiest way for me to do a local search for packages.
> I never used it for anything else.
>
> - pkg_mgr
> - Cons:
> - Searches only COMMENT, not DESCR.
> - It is an ncurses(3) app. Or is this a "Pro"?
> - Needs PKG_PATH to be set in the "-Dsnap" time frame for -current.
> - Pros:
> - Local search for package name and COMMENT.
> - After finding you can just add a package.

in the 'Cons', you should also mention "not really maintained", as i
havent touched the code in ages++. But anyone is welcome to fork
https://cgit.rhaalovely.net/pkg_mgr or send patches to revive/improve it :)

Landry

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