Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 13:42:59 -0600 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port/package upgrade checker Message-ID: <368E76C3.CB461F95@webwizard.org.mx> References: <19990101173342.A1048@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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Nik Clayton wrote: > Folks, > > [Not on -ports, please CC replies to me] > > Does anyone know of a program that'll run through /var/db/pkg and produce > a report of installed packages that have got a newer version in the > ports INDEX file? > > I just cobbled together something to do this, and it produces a report > that looks like this (on my system); > > XFree86-contrib-3.3.1 -> 3.3.3 > pkg_delete XFree86-contrib-3.3.1 > cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-contrib > make install > cvsup-15.4 -> 15.4.2 > pkg_delete cvsup-15.4 > cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup > make install > ddd-2.2.3 -> 3.1.1 > pkg_delete ddd-2.2.3 > cd /usr/ports/devel/ddd > make install > docproj -> 1.0 > pkg_delete docproj > cd /usr/ports/textproc/docproj > make install > dotfile-2.0 -> 2.2 > pkg_delete dotfile-2.0 > cd /usr/ports/misc/dotfile > make install > ... > > If this sort of tool doesn't exist, would anyone else find it useful? If > so, I'll turn it into a port and commit it. > > N Yes, it is something that I would definately be interested in having. Thank you, ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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