Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:47:20 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: vd@datamax.bg Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsearch: how to display search results Message-ID: <200512230647.21359.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051223144121.GA41892@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> References: <20051222164021.GA30104@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <200512220849.42549.ringworm01@gmail.com> <20051223144121.GA41892@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
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On Friday 23 December 2005 06:41, Vasil Dimov wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 08:49:41AM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > On Thursday 22 December 2005 08:40, Vasil Dimov wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am working on a tool that will allow easy (portsearch -f something) > > > and fast (less than a few seconds) to search for ports that install > > > some file. > > > > > > I see two options for displaying the results: > > > > > > 1) the simple way > > > Show each file that matches a given pattern with some information for > > > the port that would install it. This means that one port may be shown > > > more than once, which I find really irritating. > > > > > > Here is an example output when searching for files that match the > > > regular expression bin/f.* > > > > > > Port: portabc > > > File: bin/f1 > > > > > > Port: portabc > > > File: bin/f2 > > > > > > Port: portxyz > > > File: bin/f3 > > > > > > > > > 2) group files by port > > > Show ports that have at least one file matching a given pattern with > > > all the matching files they install > > > > > > Output from the same search criteria: > > > > > > Port: portabc > > > File(s): bin/f1, bin/f2 > > > > > > Port: portxyz > > > File(s): bin/f3 > > > > > > > > > My research shows that Debian's ``apt-file search'' and Fedora's > > > ``yum provides'' use "the simple way" and display one package more > > > than once. But 2) seems to me to be the prettier output. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > I prefer the files grouped by port, do you have a working example yet? > > I'd like to give it a test run. > > Thanks for your response. I implemented grouping and now 1) can easily > be supported, e.g. the prog will support both modes via some command > line options. > > I have a working program, but I want to make some cleanup before fireing > it out. > > Happy holidays! If you need a beta tester, let me know. -Mike
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