Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:57:19 -0600 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a way to compare what is in the ports tree with what is installed? Message-ID: <20071104205719.1fmsx8b4g9ww844s@webmail.dfwlp.org> In-Reply-To: <20071105024836.19d0299a@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <472E77AC.9060200@net24.co.nz> <20071105024836.19d0299a@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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Quoting RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>: > On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:53:48 +1300 > Brett Davidson <brett@net24.co.nz> wrote: > >> ie. If I had a particular version of the ports tree on a server, how >> could I check to see if any of the programs in that tree were >> actually installed? >> >> Is there a simple command or sequence of commands to do this? >> > see pkg_version[1] > _______________________________________________ after i update my ports, and i want to see what currently needs to be updated: pkg_version -v|grep needs this will give you a run down of everything that has a newer version in your ports tree. -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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