It seems like the apk info —provides option is totally ignored.

$ apk info --provides openrc
openrc-0.10.5-r0 description:
OpenRC manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host

openrc-0.10.5-r0 webpage:
http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/openrc.git

openrc-0.10.5-r0 installed size:
712704

openrc-0.10.5-r0 description:
OpenRC manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host

openrc-0.10.5-r0 webpage:
http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/openrc.git

openrc-0.10.5-r0 installed size:
712704

I think it has to do with the short -p option is gettin overridden by the global —root/-p option.

This seems to fix it. Not sure what to use for id.

--- a/src/info.c
+++ b/src/info.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int info_parse(void *ctx, struct apk_db_options *dbop
        case 'R':
                ictx->subaction_mask |= APK_INFO_DEPENDS;
                break;
-       case 'p':
+       case 0x10001:
                ictx->subaction_mask |= APK_INFO_PROVIDES;
                break;
        case 'r':
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static struct apk_option info_options[] = {
        { 'e', "installed",     "Check if PACKAGE is installed" },
        { 'W', "who-owns",      "Print the package owning the specified file" },
        { 'R', "depends",       "List packages that the PACKAGE depends on" },
-       { 'p', "provides",      "List virtual packages provided by PACKAGE" },
+       { 0x10001, "provides",  "List virtual packages provided by PACKAGE" },
        { 'r', "rdepends",      "List all packages depending on PACKAGE" },
        { 0x10000, "replaces",  "List packages whom files PACKAGE might replace"
        { 'i', "install-if",    "List the PACKAGE's install-if rule" },

(from redmine: issue id 1396, created on 2012-09-19, closed on 2012-10-02)

• Changesets:
  • Revision 4b7b5d46 by Natanael Copa on 2012-09-28T07:25:30Z:

info: --provides alias -p is reserved for --root, use -P

fixes #1396

• Revision 8d6945855c1fb5aa2871b33504c2a715c4d54e35 by Natanael Copa on 2012-10-01T19:06:31Z:

main/apk-tools: fix apk info --provides, add --progress-fd

ref #1396