--- a/sbin/check-ports	Thu Oct 31 09:21:23 2019 +0100
+++ b/sbin/check-ports	Sun Nov 03 18:06:31 2019 +0100
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 
 
 check_ports() {
-    : 'Implementation of main
+    : 'Implementation of all command variants besides of `-n`
 
     '
     local _ipackage _iversion _irepo _mapped_package_name _dummy
@@ -386,6 +386,58 @@
 }
 
 
+check_packages() {
+    : 'Check the status of all given packages in the most detail possible
+
+    Args:
+        $@: the name of packaged to handle to
+
+    '
+    local _package _version _label _repo _descr _dummy
+    local _local_index_exists _mapped_package_name
+
+    if test_exists_local_index; then
+        _local_index_exists="1"
+    fi
+
+    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+        _package="$1"
+        shift
+        read -r _version _repo <<EOF_INSTALLED
+$(pkg query '%v %R' "${_package}")
+EOF_INSTALLED
+        if [ -n "${_version}" ]; then
+            title_printed=""
+            print_title "${_package}" "${_version}" "${_repo}"
+            if [ -n "${_local_index_exists}" ]; then
+                read -r _dummy _label _descr <<EOF_INDEX
+$(pkg version -U -I -n "${_package}" -v)
+EOF_INDEX
+                _version="$(get_immediate_index_version "${_package}")"
+                print_detail_item "INDEX" "${_version}" "${_label}" "${_descr}"
+            fi
+            for _repo in "${FREEBSD_REPO}" "${LOCALBSDPORTS_REPO}" "${SHARED_LOCAL_REPO}" "${LOCAL_REPO}"; do
+                read -r _dummy  _label _descr <<EOF_REPO
+$(pkg version -U -R -r "${_repo}" -n "${_package}" -v)
+EOF_REPO
+                _version="$(pkg rquery -U -r "${_repo}" '%v' "${_package}")"
+                print_detail_item "${_repo}" "${_version}" "${_label}" "${_descr}"
+            done
+            _mapped_package_name="$(get_mapping "${_ipackage}")"
+            if [ -n "${_mapped_package_name}" ] ; then
+                printf '%18s %s %s (%s)\n' "--------------->" "${_mapped_package_name}" "$(pkg rquery -U '%v' "${_mapped_package_name}")" "$(pkg rquery -U '%R' "${_mapped_package_name}")"
+                if [ -n "${_local_index_exists}" ]; then
+                    print_detail_item "INDEX" "$(get_immediate_index_version "${_mapped_package_name}")" "" ""
+                fi
+                for _repo in "${FREEBSD_REPO}" "${LOCALBSDPORTS_REPO}" "${SHARED_LOCAL_REPO}" "${LOCAL_REPO}"; do
+                    print_detail_item "${_repo}" "$(pkg rquery -U -r "${_repo}" '%v' "${_mapped_package_name}")" "" ""
+                done
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+
 option_alldata=""
 option_alldata_FreeBSD=""
 option_alldata_LocalBSDPorts=""
@@ -393,8 +445,9 @@
 option_alldata_LocalRepo=""
 option_short=""
 option_verbose=""
+option_packages=""
 
-while getopts "VAasv" _opt ; do
+while getopts "VAansv" _opt ; do
     case ${_opt} in
 	V)
             printf 'check-ports v%s (rv:%s)\n' "${VERSION}" '@@HGREVISION@@'
@@ -412,6 +465,13 @@
             # Print the data of all repos that have the package
             option_alldata="1"
             ;;
+        n)
+            #
+            # Print status of given packages in all details.
+            # No other options are respected.
+            #
+            option_packages="1"
+            ;;
         s)
             # "short" output: if installed from FreeBSD repo: don't
             # report if only the index is newer
@@ -435,9 +495,20 @@
     esac
 done
 
+#
+# Reset the Shell's option handling system to prepare for handling
+# command-local options.
+#
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+OPTIND=1
+
 if [ -n "${option_short}" -a -n "${option_alldata}" ]; then
     echo "the -s option cannot be combined with -A or -a" >&2
     exit 2
 fi
 
-check_ports
+if [ -n "${option_packages}" ]; then
+    check_packages "$@"
+else
+    check_ports
+fi