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* Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH 2/6] best_version: Explicitly specify the output format
  @ 2018-05-01 11:49 99%     ` Michał Górny
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From: Michał Górny @ 2018-05-01 11:49 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-pms

W dniu wto, 01.05.2018 o godzinie 13∶33 +0200, użytkownik Ulrich Mueller
napisał:
> > > > > > On Tue, 1 May 2018, Michał Górny wrote:
> > Explain the format used by best_version command explicitly.  Currently,
> > the function only lists what gets printed but not in what form or how it
> > is separated.
> > ---
> >  pkg-mgr-commands.tex | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > diff --git a/pkg-mgr-commands.tex b/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
> > index cb704f0..4299624 100644
> > --- a/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
> > +++ b/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
> > @@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ are given, \t{-r} is assumed.
> >  \item[has_version] Takes exactly one package dependency specification as an argument. Returns
> >      true if a package matching the specification is installed, and false otherwise.
> >  \item[best_version] Takes exactly one package dependency specification as an argument. If a
> > -    matching package is installed, prints the category, package name and version of the highest
> > -    matching version; otherwise, prints an empty string. The exit code is unspecified.
> > +    matching package is installed, prints the category, followed by \t{/}, followed by package
> > +    name, followed by \t{-}, followed by full version of the highest matching version;
> 
> Do we really need this? I think that "category, package name and
> version" is pretty clear.
> 

I don't think it's well-specified anywhere.  The current wording would
work as well with the format used by qatom:

  dev-python foo 2


-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny



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