pkg_version(1) will now distinguish between the different cases where

the exact relationship between an installed package and its
corresponding entry in the index file can't be determined.

Submitted by:	Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
This commit is contained in:
Bruce A. Mah 2000-09-15 04:16:20 +00:00
parent 5d7e2cbea6
commit b8ffb8442a
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=65874
2 changed files with 16 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -55,15 +55,23 @@ in the index.
The installed version of the package is newer than listed in the
index.
.It Li ?
The relationship between the installed version of a package and the
index file could not be determined. A common reason for this message
is that there are multiple versions of a particular software package
installed, or that multiple versions are listed in the index file.
The installed package does not appear in the index.
This could be due to an out of date index or a package taken from a PR
that has not yet been committed.
.It Li *
There are multiple versions of a particular software package
installed or there are multiple versions of a package listed in
the index file.
Examples from the
.Fx
ports collection are the Tcl toolkit or the
.Tn EMACS
editor.
.It Li !
The installed package exists in the index but for some reason,
.Nm
was unable to compare the version number of the installed package
with the corresponding entry in the index.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Nm
supports several command-line arguments:
@ -140,7 +148,8 @@ suggestions, and then cut-and-paste (or retype) the commands you want to run.
.An Bruce A. Mah Aq bmah@FreeBSD.org
.Sh CONTRIBUTORS
.An Nik Clayton Aq nik@FreeBSD.org ,
.An Dominic Mitchell Aq dom@palmerharvey.co.uk
.An Dominic Mitchell Aq dom@palmerharvey.co.uk ,
.An Mark Ovens Aq marko@FreeBSD.org
.Sh BUGS
There should be a better way of dealing with packages that
can have more than one installed version.

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@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ foreach $packageName (sort keys %currentPackages) {
$packagePath = $indexPackages{$packageName}{'path'};
if (($indexRefcount > 1) || ($currentRefcount > 1)) {
$versionCode = "?";
$versionCode = "*";
$Comment = "multiple versions (index has $indexVersion)";
$Comment =~ s/\|/,/g;
}
@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ foreach $packageName (sort keys %currentPackages) {
$Comment = "succeeds index (index has $indexVersion)";
}
else {
$versionCode = "?";
$versionCode = "!";
$Comment = "Comparison failed";
}
}