Hello everyone, it appears that there may be a way to misinterpret the man page for pkg_info(1) in the state of commit 0b249e2164be2385bc6a5e82814435649b2b06e0 Date: Sun Jan 24 10:21:43 2021 +0000 on the github openbsd src mirror.
The problem description is under the headline "Issue". There is a realistic chance that I am misunderstanding something. If this is the case, what further measures can I take to narrow down the problem? === Issue === The uninstalled packages are supposed to be listed together with their one-line summary. The manual page accessible with $ man 1 pkg_info; reads: [quote] When browsing through uninstalled packages, running pkg_info -I *.tgz will report a summary line for each package, so that it is possible to run pkg_info pkgname.tgz to obtain a longer package description, and pkg_add -n pkgname.tgz to check that the installation would proceed cleanly, including dependencies. [\quote] Copy-pasting the command "pkg_info -I *.tgz" from the manual page into the terminal yields the following error: computer$ pkg_info -I *.tgz Invalid spec: *.tgz Invalid spec: *.tgz computer$ Even calling pkg_info(1) with doas(1) yields the same behaviour: computer$ doas pkg_info -I *.tgz Invalid spec: *.tgz Invalid spec: *.tgz computer$ Note that there is a relatively long pause between the two "Invalid spec" messages both with and without doas(1). In which way am I misunderstanding the manual page for pkg_info(1) for the specific operation of browsing uninstalled packages and showing a summary line? === Affected Man-Page File === <github-src-mirror-root>/usr.sbin/pkg_add/pkg_info.1 in commit 0b249e2164be2385bc6a5e82814435649b2b06e0 Date: Sun Jan 24 10:21:43 2021 +0000 Kind regards, Andrew Easton
