Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 16:09:15 -0400 From: <lists@brenius.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg_version -v, Need More Precise Info Message-ID: <002901c1f603$0fb7c0c0$7b01a8c0@afi> References: <001701c1f5fa$82f6b540$7b01a8c0@afi> <20020507192028.GC83944@dan.emsphone.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: <lists@brenius.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 3:20 PM Subject: Re: pkg_version -v, Need More Precise Info > In the last episode (May 07), lists@brenius.com said: > > FreeBSD 4.3R: > > > > Trying to figure out what version of a port/package is actually being > > used/installed. > > > > The pkg_version -v output comes up with three versions of qpopper, > > and I am just trying to figure out which one is actually being used. > You probably want pkg_info; pkg_version is used to print packages that > might need updating. Gotcha, will keep that in mind. > If you see three packages, it means that someone has probably > overlay-installed updates without pkg_delete'ing the previous version. That's what I figured. It appears as though the previous server janitor failed to clean out the pkg database via pkg_delete. >Take a look at the 'portupgrade' port; it automates upgrades and handles > port dependencies very cleanly. Will do that in future, but in the meantime, I need to track down which package is actually being utiltized/running/etc. Thanks, D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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