Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:25:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: pkg_* commands vs 'pkg' command Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728172106.318A-200000@roguetrader.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --0-891458119-870132343=:318 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Just curious, but does anybody else find having to use '_' in ANY command clunky and unweildy? I recently had to take a little bit of light flack (nothing serious 8) from a debian linux user because they have a simple 'dpkg' command (I think it was). In response to this I hacked up a simple wrapper to the various 'pkg_' commands, and added a 'list' option as well (see attachment). This is just a shell script which I personally have dropped in /usr/sbin/pkg (alongside the counterparts it execs). Yeah, it simply nixes the '_' in typing, but it saves a keystroke and stretch of the finger--not to mention it feels better from a UI point of view :) Has anybody ever considered unifying the various seperate package commands? At least in a manner similar to how mount is unified? (i.e. seperate commands for specific things, but still one central command for ease of use). -Brandon Gillespie --0-891458119-870132343=:318 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name=pkg Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728172543.318B@roguetrader.com> Content-Description: IyEvYmluL3NoDQoNCmNtZD0iIg0KYXJncz0iIg0Kc3ludGF4KCkgew0KICAg IGNhdCA8PEVORA0KU3ludGF4OiBwa2cgPGFkZHxkZWx8bGlzdHxjcmVhdGU+ IFthcmdzXQ0KDQpXaGVyZSBbYXJnc10gYXJlIGFkZC9kZWwvbGlzdC9jcmVh dGUgc3BlY2lmaWMgYXJndW1lbnRzLg0KRU5EDQp9DQoNCmlmIFsgIiQxIiA9 ICIiIF07IHRoZW4NCiAgICBzeW50YXgNCiAgICBleGl0IDENCmZpDQoNCmNh c2UgJDEgaW4NCiAgICBsaXN0KQ0KICAgICAgICBjbWQ9InBrZ19pbmZvIg0K ICAgICAgICBhcmdzPSIkYXJncyAtYUkiIDs7DQogICAgYWRkKQ0KICAgICAg ICBjbWQ9InBrZ19hZGQiIDs7DQogICAgZGVsIHwgZGVsZXRlIHwgcm0pDQog ICAgICAgIGNtZD0icGtnX2RlbGV0ZSIgOzsNCiAgICBjcmVhdGUpDQogICAg ICAgIGNtZD0icGtnX2NyZWF0ZSIgOzsNCiAgICAqKQ0KICAgICAgICBzeW50 YXggOzsNCmVzYWMNCg0Kc2hpZnQNCg0KZXhlYyAkY21kICRhcmdzICQqDQo= --0-891458119-870132343=:318--
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