diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 5c30dcd79f0..7c3693a27da 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -830,28 +830,21 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
                 ${sub_name}_package
             fi
         done
-	while IFS= read -r pkg_var; do
-		print_var=
-		case "${pkg_var}" in
-		    bootstrap) print_var="$bootstrap ";;
-		    broken) print_var="$broken ";;
-		    depends) print_var="$depends ";;
-		    hostmakedepends) print_var="$hostmakedepends ";;
-		    makedepends) print_var="$makedepends ";;
-		    nocross) print_var="$nocross ";;
-		    pkgname) print_var="$pkgname ";;
-		    restricted) print_var="$restricted ";;
-		    revision) print_var="$revision ";;
-		    subpackages) print_var="$subpackages ";;
-		    version) print_var="$version ";;
-		    provides) print_var="$provides ";;
-		    lib32disabled) print_var="$lib32disabled ";;
-		    nodebug) print_var="$nodebug ";;
-		esac # the space at the end of each is essential for unset vars
-		if [ -n "$print_var" ]; then
-			printf "%s\n" "$(printf "${print_var% }" | tr -t '\n\r' ' ')"
-		fi # The trailing space gets stripped before printing anyway
-	done
+	printf "archs: %s\n\n" "$archs"
+	printf "bootstrap: %s\n\n" "$bootstrap"
+	printf "broken: %s\n\n" "$broken"
+	printf "depends: %s\n\n" "$depends"
+	printf "hostmakedepends: %s\n\n" "$hostmakedepends"
+	printf "makedepends: %s\n\n" "$makedepends"
+	printf "nocross: %s\n\n" "$nocross"
+	printf "pkgname: %s\n\n" "$pkgname"
+	printf "restricted: %s\n\n" "$restricted"
+	printf "revision: %s\n\n" "$revision"
+	printf "subpackages: %s\n\n" "$subpackages"
+	printf "version: %s\n\n" "$version"
+	printf "provides: %s\n\n" "$provides"
+	printf "lib32disabled: %s\n\n" "$lib32disabled"
+	printf "nodebug: %s\n\n" "$nodebug"
         ;;
     show-options)
         read_pkg ignore-problems