Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:31:45 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does make build|installworld also update ports? Message-ID: <14946.3249.806878.543538@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <5051709@toto.iv>
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Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com> types: > 1) Be sure there is anything to upgrade by comparing the version > number in the Makefile of the port with the version you have installed. > You can check the installed version number in /var/db/pkg/ or you > can query most applications to report their own version number with > the -v or -version or whatever switch. Or you can run pkg_version, which compares the version number of the installed package with the version number of the port for all installed packages, and reports the results. See the man page for details. If you are tracking -stable (or -current), you can set weekly_status_pkg_enable="YES" in /etc/periodic.conf, and get a weekly check for out of date packages. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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