maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 284538] ports-mgmt/pkg: The option '-o' in command version

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Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:44:30 UTC
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Bug 284538: ports-mgmt/pkg: The option '-o' in command version
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284538



--- Description ---
the command

    pkg version -o -l '<'

shows the stale packages using ports name. The resulting rows shows

   category/port	  <
   category/port	  <
   ...

the space between the port name and the '<' character is fixed, if the name is
longer than the padding the name and '<' character are not separated by a
space, resulting in an effort to parse the output:

    category/port	  <
    category/very-long-port-name<

this does not happen using package names (omitting '-o' option). This is
changed from version 2.x.x (I guess).

I have a script that formats the result of command above and stop working for
ports longer than the padding space. This is an example:

    ...
    suitesparse-config		     7.8.2_1	      7.8.3_1	      stale
    suitesparse-umfpack 	     6.3.4	      6.3.5_1	      stale
multimedia
    gstreamer1-libav		     1.24.11	      1.24.12	      stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-core<						       
stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-dts	     1.24.11	      1.24.12	      stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-dvdread< 				      stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-good<					      stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-resindvd<				      stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-theora<					      stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-ugly<					      stale
    gstreamer1-plugins-v4l2<					      stale
net
    glib-networking		     2.80.1	      2.80.1_1	      stale
security
    py-cryptography		     42.0.8_5,1       42.0.8_6,1      stale
    ...