Subject: Re: 'pkg_info' needs a 'without -I' option
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/06/1999 15:26:19
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, David Brownlee wrote:
> Currently 'pkginfo' == 'pkginfo -a' == 'pkginfo -a -I'.
>
> This is compunded by the fact 'pkg_info' can be quite slow,
> and there is no way to get a 'quick' listing of all installed
> packages (short of 'ls /var/db/pkg'). Would it be feasible to
> add such an option?
Choose which part you want, it's all there:
miyu% pi -qI xpm\*
The X Pixmap library.
Sets the root window to an Xpm pixmap
miyu% pi -e xpm\*
xpm-3.4k
xpmroot-2.2
- Hubert
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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>