Add a -q flag to pkg_version. It suppresses the output of <,=,>.

This makes it possible to "portupgrade `pkg_version -q -l '<'`".

usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/info.h

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct which_entry {
 TAILQ_HEAD(which_head, which_entry);
 
 extern int Flags;
-extern Boolean Quiet;
 extern Boolean QUIET;
 extern Boolean UseBlkSz;
 extern char *InfoPrefix;

usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/main.c

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ static char Options[] = "abcdDe:EfgGhiIjkl:LmoO:pPqQrRst:vVW:xX";
 
 int	Flags		= 0;
 match_t	MatchType	= MATCH_GLOB;
-Boolean Quiet		= FALSE;
 Boolean QUIET		= FALSE;
 Boolean UseBlkSz	= FALSE;
 char *InfoPrefix	= (char *)(uintptr_t)"";

usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/global.c

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include "lib.h"
 
 /* These are global for all utils */
+Boolean	Quiet		= FALSE;
 Boolean	Verbose		= FALSE;
 Boolean	Fake		= FALSE;
 Boolean	Force		= FALSE;

usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/lib.h

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ int		verscmp(Package *, int, int);
 int		version_cmp(const char *, const char *);
 
 /* Externs */
+extern Boolean	Quiet;
 extern Boolean	Verbose;
 extern Boolean	Fake;
 extern Boolean  Force;

usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/main.c

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include "version.h"
 #include <err.h>
 
-static char Options[] = "dhl:L:s:XtTv";
+static char Options[] = "dhl:L:qs:XtTv";
 
 char	*LimitChars = NULL;
 char	*PreventChars = NULL;
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	    PreventChars = optarg;
 	    break;
 
+	case 'q':
+	    Quiet = TRUE;
+	    break;
+
 	case 's':
 	    MatchName = optarg;
 	    break;

usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/perform.c

@@ -290,17 +290,17 @@ show_version(const char *installed, const char *latest, const char *source)
 	ver = strrchr(latest, '-');
 	ver = ver ? &ver[1] : latest;
 	if (cmp < 0 && OUTPUT('<')) {
-	    printf("%-34s  <", tmp);
+	    printf("%-34s  %c", tmp, Quiet ? '\0' : '<');
 	    if (Verbose)
 		printf("   needs updating (%s has %s)", source, ver);
 	    printf("\n");
 	} else if (cmp == 0 && OUTPUT('=')) {
-	    printf("%-34s  =", tmp);
+	    printf("%-34s  %c", tmp, Quiet ? '\0' : '=');
 	    if (Verbose)
 		printf("   up-to-date with %s", source);
 	    printf("\n");
 	} else if (cmp > 0 && OUTPUT('>')) {
-	    printf("%-34s  >", tmp);
+	    printf("%-34s  %c", tmp, Quiet ? '\0' : '>');
 	    if (Verbose)
 		printf("   succeeds %s (%s has %s)", source, source, ver);
 	    printf("\n");

usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/pkg_version.1

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .Nd summarize installed versions of packages
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl hv
+.Op Fl hqv
 .Op Fl l Ar limchar
 .Op Fl L Ar limchar
 .Oo
@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ Note that because some of the status flag characters are also special
 to the shell, it is best to quote
 .Ar limchar
 with single quotes.
+.It Fl q
+Enable quiet output.
+Quiet output precludes printing the the
+.Ar limchar
+when used with
+.Fl l
+or
+.Fl L .
+This is useful when used as the input to
+.Xr portupdate 8 .
 .It Fl s
 Limit the output to those packages whose names match a given
 .Ar string .
@@ -194,7 +204,8 @@ option has been deprecated and is no longer supported.
 .Xr pkg_add 1 ,
 .Xr pkg_create 1 ,
 .Xr pkg_delete 1 ,
-.Xr pkg_info 1
+.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
+.Xr portupdate 8
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /usr/ports/INDEX-5 -compact
 .It Pa /usr/ports/INDEX-5