From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 19:29:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90C451065674 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:29:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout030.mac.com (asmtpout030.mac.com [17.148.16.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D488FC29 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:29:44 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp030.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0LCP0004WND3B100@asmtp030.mac.com> for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:29:29 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1010190000 definitions=main-1011300105 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-11-30_10:2010-11-30, 2010-11-30, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <201011301824.15550.david@vizion2000.net> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:29:27 -0800 Message-id: <9C919663-9CAE-4A7D-889F-D36B62787A46@mac.com> References: <201011301824.15550.david@vizion2000.net> To: David Southwell X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports - installation & upgrade history X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:29:44 -0000 On Nov 30, 2010, at 10:24 AM, David Southwell wrote: > Something fairly comprehensive that would enable one to see when a port was > first installed, its original version number, when it was > upgraded/deinstalled/reinstalled and subsequent changes to the installed > version. Maybe also time/date when a port tree was updated and which ports > were affected by those updates. You can gather some information by: ls -ltr /var/db/ports For full information about all of the changes to the ports tree, you'd need to take a look at the CVS history, perhaps via: http://www.freshports.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/ Regards, -- -Chuck