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Date:      Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:00:24 -0600
From:      Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The 'cat/foo-*' doesn't work in the pkgtools.conf?
Message-ID:  <oprzn62ydl8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1070563707.6240.3.camel@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu>
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On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:48:27 -0500, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH 
<allbery@ece.cmu.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 13:41, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> I didn't think of it would only check on ports directory instead. :-)
>
> I think it depends on the kind of expression you give it; with the
> slash, you're asking for a port-origin glob --- which doesn't include a
> version number.  (In fact, "ports_glob mplayer-\*" includes
> multimedia/mplayer, while "ports_glob multimedia/mplayer-\*" does not.)

Thanks! I just now learn about ports_glob, I never knew we had one.. :-)

Cheers,
Mezz


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