Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 07:56:43 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool Message-ID: <19990218185752.EAVE3226200.mta2-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <19990218092036.A41753@dub.net> References: <199902181150.WAA13777@whirlwind.netspace.net.au>; from gcross@netspace.net.au on Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 10:47:04PM %2B1100
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On 18 Feb 99, at 9:20, Unfurl wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 10:47:04PM +1100, gcross@netspace.net.au wrote: > > I haven't found a tool that will look at the current ports index file, > > then look at the ports installed on my system and tell me which ports > > are now out-of-date and need upgrading. > > > > So, I have written a Python program that will do just that. > > > > It will work with either a local copy of a current ports INDEX file, or > > fetch one (via ftp or http) from a FreeBSD site. > > > > Out of sheer originality, I have named it portcheck, and you can read > > about it and download the tarball from: > > > > http://www.netspace.net.au/~gcross/portcheck.html > > > > I would appreciate comments, bug reports, etc, before I announce it to > > a wider audience. > > Why not just use cvsup? Will cvsup tell you what needs to be updated without downloading them? I thought that's what the above will do. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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