Deprecating port list

[C. Florian Ebeling]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> I have not used "port list" or "port echo" very often.
>
> Now that I'm looking at them, I'm confused about echo's behavior.
>
> I have zlib installed:
>
> $ port installed zlib
> The following ports are currently installed:
>  zlib @1.2.3_2+universal (active)
>
> "port list zlib" shows the name, version and category:
>
> $ port list zlib
> zlib                           @1.2.3          archivers/zlib
>
> "port echo zlib" shows the name only:
>
> $ port echo zlib
> zlib
>
> But "port echo installed" shows the name and version, revision and variants:
>
> $ port echo installed | grep ^zlib
> zlib                           @1.2.3_2+universal
>
> Why does "echo" behave differently depending on whether zlib was specified
> implicitly via the "installed" pseudo-port, or explicitly on the command
> line?

Indeed. I'm felt sure that it behaved differently,
but maybe that was a preconception.



>
> I guess what's happening is that "installed" is expanding to not only the
> names of the installed ports but also their version, revision and variants,
> which I can even fake:
>
> $ port echo zlib @1.0_0+foo+bar
> zlib                           @1.0_0+bar+foo
>
>



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