Re: Sorting problem with pkg_chk -b

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Marc Baudoin wrote:
> Marc Baudoin <babafou%babafou.eu.org@localhost> écrit :
> > When two versions of a binary packages are available, say 
> > package-XXnb9 and packageXXnb10 or later (same package, same 
> > version, only nb version differs and the newest one is greater 
> > or equal to 10), pkg_chk -b installs nb9 and not the newest 
> > version.  It looks like it's using lexicographic order instead 
> > of numeric.

The problem appears to be in the ${SORT} invocation on line 77 of 
pkg_chk:

76             # Sort so highest matching package picked first
77             PKGNAMES="$(echo $PKGNAMES | tr ' ' '\n' | ${SORT} -r)"

I'd suggest fixing it by adding a "sort" sub-command to 
pkg_admin(8), to sort a list of version numbers, but perhaps 
somebody else can see how to use some existing pkg_admin 
sub-commands to achieve the desired result.

Anyway, please report this problem via send-pr, so it can be 
assigned a tracking number.

--apb (Alan Barrett)