On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 09:35:46PM +0100, Andrew Easton wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> it appears that there may be a way to misinterpret
> the man page for pkg_info(1) in the state of
> commit 0b249e2164be2385bc6a5e82814435649b2b06e0
> Date: Sun Jan 24 10:21:43 2021 +
> on the github openbsd src mirror.
>
> The problem description is under the headline
> "Issue".
>
> There is a realistic chance that I am
> misunderstanding something. If this is the case, what
> further measures can I take to narrow down the problem?
>
> === Issue ===
>
> The uninstalled packages are supposed to be listed
> together with their one-line summary. The manual
> page accessible with $ man 1 pkg_info; reads:
>
> [quote]
> When browsing through uninstalled packages, running
> pkg_info -I *.tgz will report a summary line for each
> package, so that it is possible to run
> pkg_info pkgname.tgz to obtain a longer package
> description, and pkg_add -n pkgname.tgz to check that
> the installation would proceed cleanly, including
> dependencies.
> [\quote]
>
> Copy-pasting the command "pkg_info -I *.tgz" from the
> manual page into the terminal yields the following
> error:
>
> computer$ pkg_info -I *.tgz
> Invalid spec: *.tgz
> Invalid spec: *.tgz
> computer$
>
Are there any packages in the directory? Try:
$ cd /usr/ports/packages/`uname -m`/all
$ pkg_info -I *.tgz
Obviously you're results will vary, but I get:
file:./autoconf-2.67p1.tgz: unsigned package
autoconf-2.67p1.tgz automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
file:./autoconf-2.69p3.tgz: unsigned package
autoconf-2.69p3.tgz automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
file:./automake-1.16.2.tgz: unsigned package
automake-1.16.2.tgz GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator
file:./bison-3.3.2p1.tgz: unsigned package
bison-3.3.2p1.tgz GNU parser generator
file:./blas-3.8.0p0.tgz: unsigned package
followed by many more...
Or an absolute path like:
pkg_info -I https://cnd.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/packages-stable/`uname
-m`/curl-7.72.0p0.tgz
curl-7.72.0p0.tgz transfer files with FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.
However, pkg_add -n
https://cnd.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/packages-stable/`uname
-m`/curl-7.72.0p0.tgz
Does give weird output:
quirks-3.440 signed on 2021-01-22T19:53:09Z
Can't find transfer
Can't find files
Can't find with
Can't find FTP,
Can't find HTTP,
Can't find HTTPS,
Can't find etc.
Edgar
>
> Even calling pkg_info(1) with doas(1) yields the same
> behaviour:
>
> computer$ doas pkg_info -I *.tgz
> Invalid spec: *.tgz
> Invalid spec: *.tgz
> computer$
>
>
> Note that there is a relatively long pause between
> the two "Invalid spec" messages both with and without
> doas(1).
>
>
> In which way am I misunderstanding the manual page
> for pkg_info(1) for the specific operation of
> browsing uninstalled packages and showing a summary
> line?
>
>
> === Affected Man-Page File ===
> /usr.sbin/pkg_add/pkg_info.1
> in
> commit 0b249e2164be2385bc6a5e82814435649b2b06e0
> Date: Sun Jan 24 10:21:43 2021 +
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrew Easton
>
