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authoragc <agc@pkgsrc.org>2012-12-17 04:34:02 +0000
committeragc <agc@pkgsrc.org>2012-12-17 04:34:02 +0000
commit3e78c61e20fad67639cc439ed7e45478205be1a8 (patch)
treefa3ba6bfab5392e963881c0ba9ecdeb1319b2c65 /pkgtools
parentad7a76c54dd85c92eb103f3987693b73eb1e7c49 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-3e78c61e20fad67639cc439ed7e45478205be1a8.tar.gz
Update manual pages for better wording, and a better usage display for
pkg_info(1) - from Bug Hunting in PR pkg/47328. The following text is taken from Bug's PR: The pkg_info(1), pkg_admin(1), and pkg_install.conf(5) man pages from pkgsrc' pkgtools/pkg_install package contain errors, have inaccurate / incomplete / illogically ordered descriptions, have incorrect macro usages / macro errors, miss an option description (`-h', for pkg_info(1)), and / or contain other imperfections. In short: these man pages can use a big correction update. Additionally, the `usage' message in main.c from pkg_info(1) contains an incorrect option order.
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgtools')
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/files/admin/pkg_admin.18
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/main.c6
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/pkg_info.1155
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/pkg_install.conf.5.in10
4 files changed, 106 insertions, 73 deletions
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/admin/pkg_admin.1 b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/admin/pkg_admin.1
index 50d88b1cc6f..6b58ebad409 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/admin/pkg_admin.1
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/admin/pkg_admin.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pkg_admin.1,v 1.32 2010/06/16 23:02:48 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pkg_admin.1,v 1.33 2012/12/17 04:34:02 agc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 16, 2010
+.Dd December 14, 2012
.Dt PKG_ADMIN 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ matches
.Ar pattern ,
otherwise returns false.
.It Cm rebuild
-Rebuild the package database mapping from scratch.
+Rebuild the package database mapping from scratch, using the
+.Pa +CONTENTS
+files of the installed packages.
This option is only intended for recovery after system crashes
during package installation and removal.
.It Cm rebuild-tree
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/main.c b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/main.c
index e5c605279b6..82b0e1d158b 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/main.c
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/main.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: main.c,v 1.30 2010/01/22 13:30:42 joerg Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: main.c,v 1.31 2012/12/17 04:34:02 agc Exp $ */
#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#if HAVE_SYS_CDEFS_H
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
#endif
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: main.c,v 1.30 2010/01/22 13:30:42 joerg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: main.c,v 1.31 2012/12/17 04:34:02 agc Exp $");
/*
*
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void
usage(void)
{
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n",
- "usage: pkg_info [-BbcDdFfhIikLmNnpqrRSsVvX] [-e package] [-E package]",
+ "usage: pkg_info [-BbcDdFfhIikLmNnpqRrSsVvX] [-E pkg-name] [-e pkg-name]",
" [-K pkg_dbdir] [-l prefix] pkg-name ...",
" pkg_info [-a | -u] [flags]",
" pkg_info [-Q variable] pkg-name ...");
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/pkg_info.1 b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/pkg_info.1
index d5f6ef16bd6..16f5fd8cb5e 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/pkg_info.1
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info/pkg_info.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pkg_info.1,v 1.31 2012/07/06 08:15:57 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pkg_info.1,v 1.32 2012/12/17 04:34:02 agc Exp $
.\"
.\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintenance
.\" of non-core utilities.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)pkg_info.1
.\"
-.Dd July 6, 2012
+.Dd December 14, 2012
.Dt PKG_INFO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl BbcDdFfhIikLmNnpqRrSsVvX
-.Op Fl e Ar package
-.Op Fl E Ar package
+.Op Fl E Ar pkg-name
+.Op Fl e Ar pkg-name
.Op Fl K Ar pkg_dbdir
.Op Fl l Ar prefix
.Ar pkg-name ...
@@ -53,16 +53,21 @@ pattern matching several installed packages (see the
section for a description of possible patterns),
the pathname to a
binary package, a filename belonging to an installed
-package (if
-.Fl F
-is also given), or a URL to an ftp-available package.
+package (with
+.Fl F ) ,
+or a URL to an FTP-available package.
.Pp
-The following command-line options are supported:
+The following command line options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl a
Show information for all currently installed packages.
See also
.Fl u .
+When neither
+.Fl a
+nor
+.Fl u
+is given, the former is assumed.
.It Fl B
Show some of the important definitions used when building
the binary package (the
@@ -78,7 +83,9 @@ as a dependency of another package.
Show the
.Nx
RCS Id strings from the files used in the construction
-of the binary package (the "Build version") for each package.
+of the binary package (the
+.Dq Build version )
+for each package.
These files are the package Makefile, any patch files, any checksum
files, and the packing list file.
.It Fl c
@@ -116,17 +123,21 @@ can contain wildcards (see the
.Sx PACKAGE WILDCARDS
section below).
.It Fl F
-Interpret any pkg-name given as filename, and translate it to a
-package name using the package database.
-This can be used to query information on a per-file basis, e.g. in
-conjunction with the
-.Fl e
-flag to find out which package a file belongs to:
-.Dl pkg_info -Fe /path/to/file
+Interpret any
+.Ar pkg-name
+given as filename, and query information on the package that
+file belongs to.
+This can be used to query information on a per-file basis.
+See the
+.Sx TECHNICAL DETAILS
+section below for more information.
.It Fl f
Show the packing list instructions for each package.
+.It Fl h
+Print usage message and exit.
.It Fl I
Show the index entry for each package.
+This option is assumed when no arguments or relevant flags are specified.
.It Fl i
Show the install script (if any) for each package.
.It Fl K Ar pkg_dbdir
@@ -142,11 +153,11 @@ This is different from just viewing the packing list, since full pathnames
for everything are generated.
Files that were created dynamically during installation of the package
are not listed.
-.It Fl l Ar str
+.It Fl l Ar prefix
Prefix each information category header (see
.Fl q )
shown with
-.Ar str .
+.Ar prefix .
This is primarily of use to front-end programs that want to request a
lot of different information fields at once for a package, but don't
necessary want the output intermingled in such a way that they can't
@@ -160,7 +171,7 @@ Show which packages each package was built with (exact dependencies), if any.
Show which packages each package needs (depends upon), if any.
.It Fl p
Show the installation prefix for each package.
-.It Fl Q
+.It Fl Q Ar variable
Show the definition of
.Ar variable
from the build information for each package.
@@ -183,8 +194,8 @@ in bytes.
Show the size of this package in bytes.
The size is calculated by adding up the size of each file of the package.
.It Fl u
-Show information for all user-installed packages.
-Automatically installed packages (as dependencies
+Show information for all user-installed packages:
+automatically installed packages (as dependencies
of other packages) are not displayed.
See also
.Fl a .
@@ -206,18 +217,24 @@ command line, or from already installed package information
in
.Pa \*[Lt]PKG_DBDIR\*[Gt]/\*[Lt]pkg-name\*[Gt] .
.Pp
-A filename can be given instead of a (installed) package name to query
-information on the package this file belongs to.
-This filename is then resolved to a package name using the package database.
-For this translation to take place, the
+When the
.Fl F
-flag must be given.
-The filename must be absolute, compare the output of pkg_info
-.Fl aF .
+option is used,
+a filename can be given instead of a package name to query
+information on the (installed) package that file belongs to.
+The filename is resolved to a package name using the package database.
+The filename must be absolute, as in the output of
+.Dl pkg_info -aF .
+For example,
+.Dl pkg_info -eF /path/to/file
+can be used to display the package the given file belongs to, and
+.Dl pkg_info -LF /path/to/file
+can be used to display all files belonging to the package the given
+file belongs to.
.Sh PACKAGE WILDCARDS
-In the places where a package name/version is expected, e.g. for the
+In the places where a package name/version is expected, e.g., for the
.Fl e
-switch, several forms can be used.
+option, several forms can be used.
Either use a package name with or without version, or specify a
package wildcard that gets matched against all installed packages.
.Pp
@@ -228,40 +245,52 @@ In addition,
style {,} alternates have been implemented.
Package version numbers can also be matched in a relational manner
using the
-.Pa \*[Ge] , \*[Le] , \*[Gt] ,
+.Dq \*[Ge] ,
+.Dq \*[Le] ,
+.Dq \*[Gt] ,
and
-.Pa \*[Lt]
+.Dq \*[Lt]
operators.
For example,
-.Pa pkg_info -e 'name\*[Ge]1.3'
+.Dl pkg_info -e 'name\*[Ge]1.3'
will match versions 1.3 and later of the
-.Pa name
+.Dq name
package.
-Additionally, ranges can be defined by giving a lower bound with
-\*[Gt] or \*[Ge] and an upper bound with \*[Lt] or \*[Le].
+(Make sure to use shell quoting.)
+Additionally, ranges can be defined, by giving both a lower bound
+.Po with
+.Dq \*[Gt]
+or
+.Dq \*[Ge]
+.Pc
+as well as an upper bound
+.Po with
+.Dq \*[Lt]
+or
+. Dq \*[Le]
+.Pc .
The lower bound has to come first.
For example,
-.Pa pkg_info -e 'name\*[Ge]1.3\*[Lt]2.0'
-will match versions 1.3 (inclusive) to 2.0 (exclusive)
-of package
-.Pa name .
+.Dl pkg_info -e 'name\*[Ge]1.3\*[Lt]2.0'
+will match versions 1.3 (inclusive) to 2.0 (exclusive) of package
+.Dq name .
.Pp
The collating sequence of the various package version numbers is
unusual, but strives to be consistent.
The magic string
.Dq alpha
equates to
-.Pa alpha version
+.Dq alpha version ,
and sorts before a beta version.
The magic string
.Dq beta
equates to
-.Pa beta version
+.Dq beta version ,
and sorts before a release candidate.
The magic string
.Dq rc
equates to
-.Pa release candidate
+.Dq release candidate ,
and sorts before a release.
The magic string
.Dq pre ,
@@ -270,29 +299,31 @@ short for
is a synonym for
.Dq rc .
For example,
-.Pa name-1.3rc3
-will sort before
-.Pa name-1.3
-and after
-.Pa name-1.2.9 .
-Similarly
-.Pa name-1.3alpha2
+.Dq name-1.3alpha2
will sort before
-.Pa name-1.3beta1
+.Dq name-1.3beta1 ,
and they both sort before
-.Pa name-1.3rc1 .
-In addition, alphabetic characters sort in the same place as
-their numeric counterparts, so that
-.Pa name-1.2e
-has the same sorting value as
-.Pa name-1.2.5
+.Dq name-1.3rc1 .
+Similarly,
+.Dq name-1.3rc3
+will sort before
+.Dq name-1.3 ,
+and after
+.Dq name-1.2.9 .
The magic string
.Dq pl
-equates to a
-.Pa patch level
-and has the same value as a dot in the dewey-decimal ordering schemes,
+equates to
+.Dq patch level ,
+and has the same value as a dot
+.Pq Sq \&.
+in the dewey-decimal ordering schemes,
as does the underscore
-.Sq _ .
+.Pq Sq _ .
+Additionally, alphabetic characters sort in the same place as
+their numeric counterparts, so that
+.Dq name-1.2e
+has the same sorting value as
+.Dq name-1.2.5 .
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
See
.Xr pkg_install.conf 5
@@ -314,5 +345,5 @@ refined it for
.It "Hubert Feyrer"
.Nx
wildcard dependency processing, pkgdb, depends displaying,
-pkg size display etc.
+pkg size display, and more.
.El
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/pkg_install.conf.5.in b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/pkg_install.conf.5.in
index 5141529a1b5..eac94984dbc 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/pkg_install.conf.5.in
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib/pkg_install.conf.5.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pkg_install.conf.5.in,v 1.16 2012/02/22 23:56:03 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pkg_install.conf.5.in,v 1.17 2012/12/17 04:34:02 agc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ The user is always asked to confirm installation of vulnerable packages.
.El
.It Dv CONFIG_CACHE_CONNECTIONS
Limit the global connection cache to this value.
-For FTP this is the number of sessions without active command.
-For HTTP this is the number of connections open with keep-alive.
+For FTP, this is the number of sessions without active command.
+For HTTP, this is the number of connections open with keep-alive.
.It Dv CONFIG_CACHE_CONNECTIONS_HOST
-Like
+Like
.Dv CONFIG_CACHE_CONNECTIONS ,
but limit the number of connections to the host as well.
See
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Default location for the file described in this manual page.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
-.Xr pkg_admin 1
+.Xr pkg_admin 1 ,
.Xr pkg_create 1 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 1 ,
.Xr pkg_info 1