Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
Hey guys.
I noticed another change in PM as a result of the switch to the list
API: Items have unexpectedly (to me) gone missing from the package list.
For instance, given:
$ pkg list -n SUNWlibatk
NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION STATE UFOXI
SUNWlibatk (joanmarie.homeunix.org) 0.5.11-0.127.1 installed u----
SUNWlibatk (localhost) 1.29.3-0.127 known -----
SUNWlibatk 0.5.11-0.128 known u----
I'd expect to be able to view any of the above publishers and see
SUNWlibatk listed amongst the packages for that publisher. Prior to the
switch to the list API, this is the case; post switch (at least with
this patch), SUNWlibatk is not present in the package lists for the
latter two publishers.
-n lists only the "newest" versions of all packages regardless of
installed status.
From what I gather, PM now does the equivalent to pkg list -a.
$ pkg list -a SUNWlibatk
NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION STATE UFOXI
SUNWlibatk (joanmarie.homeunix.org) 0.5.11-0.127.1 installed u----
1. Is this the intended/desired behavior for PM now? I'm hoping the
answer is no. But if it is yes:
Yes.
2. Padraig, John, Michal: Could you be persuaded to implement an RFE
which would cause PM to optionally do the equivalent pkg list -n? :-) It
would be nice to not have to bounce between the gui and the cli (or the
web interface for a publisher) just to see what packages *might* be
installable (i.e. after dealing with whatever constraints are preventing
that currently).
This change was intentional. pkg list -a, and the GUI both, no longer
list packages that are "not installable". I think it is reasonable to
believe that this is the behaviour most users are looking for.
Please read the updated man page description for pkg(1) :)
While the GUI could fairly easily show you the list of "newest" package
versions, it cannot show you the "newest, non-installable" package
versions with its normal listing, nor do I think it should.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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