Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 06:10:53 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/32603: pkg_info fails to find installed packages in some cases Message-ID: <200112081410.fB8EArC42735@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 32603 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pkg_info fails to find installed packages in some cases >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 08 06:20:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mark Stosberg >Release: 4.4 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD asana.dhis.org 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Tue Sep 18 11:57:08 PDT 2001 murray@builder.FreeBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: Hello, I just noticed that depending on which directory I am in when I run pkg_info, I can get different results, in some cases failing to notice installed packages. >How-To-Repeat: $ cd ~mark $ pkg_info python* [ 2 packages found ] $cd /usr/ports/lang $ pkg_info python* pkg_info: can't find package `python' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python+ipv6' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python-doc-html' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python-doc-pdf-a4' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python-doc-pdf-letter' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python-doc-postscript-a4' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python-doc-postscript-letter' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python15' installed or in a file! pkg_info: can't find package `python20' installed or in a file! ######################################## It appears that pkg_info finding all the files named "python" in that directory, but short-circuiting before it also checks for installing packages with that name. My expectation was that it would return the information about the installed packages in either case. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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