The bsiegert-cfgfile branch of the MirPorts package tools is coming along nicely. Today I committed a patch to info/perform.c that puts its logic from the head on its feet, making the function more readable and, incidentally, getting rid of two gotos. The header of the information has become a little more informative. Watch:

% pkg_info foo
pkg_info(foo): cannot find package 'foo' installed or in a file!

% pkg_info tiff | head -4
Information for tiff-3.7.4-1 (installed):

Comment:
library routines for working with TIFF images

Something new that I got working is support for giving the name of an uninstalled package in a repository mentioned in the new /etc/pkgtools/pkgtools.conf file. This works for both local and remote repos:

% pkg_info tiff-cxx | head -4
Information for /usr/ports/Packages/tiff-cxx-3.7.4-1.cgz:

Comment:
C++ API for working with TIFF images

% pkg_info mc | head -4
>>> ftp -o - http://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/Pkgs/current/i386//mc-4.6.1-16.cgz
Information for /var/folders/Xk/XkVpSyd8F0WZnoK9NwgsWU+++TI/-Tmp-//instmp.4OV2INPVOK:

Comment:
free Norton Commander clone with many useful features

Actually, in the last case, the output could be improved some more :). You can also give it a package specification such as "tiff->=3.0". If more than one package matches the specification given, then a menu is displayed from which you choose one. This happens, for instance, if you have an older version built locally and a newer version of the same package in a remote repo, or if several flavours of the package are available.

The changes are not in the HEAD branch yet, I will merge them when I consider it "done".