Re: pkg info -d -C -x '^FreeBSD-set-' reports lines with "-(null)" a lot in my context (instead of the -16.snap being shown)

In reply to: Mark Millard : "pkg info -d -C -x '^FreeBSD-set-*' reports lines with "-(null)" a lot in my context (instead of the -16.snap* being shown)"
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From: Lexi Winter <ivy_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:09:18 UTC

Mark Millard wrote in <C3007A4F-90AC-4185-82B0-2C0D1E493DD7@yahoo.com>:
> FreeBSD-set-devel-16.snap20251001102954:
> 	FreeBSD-libarchive-dev-(null)

this is a pkg(8) bug and should be fixed by this commit:
https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/commit/c08e56e060fd08765e2eb9d12b25aaa821efbd22

there hasn't been a new release with the fix yet, but i think this is
harmless and only affects the output, not the behaviour of pkg.