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From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com>
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Faulhaber wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 08:05:08PM -0500, Mikhail Kruk wrote:
> > um... marking port forbidden will prevent you from installing it, but is
> > there ability to audit ports you have already installed?
> >
>
> Not exactly, though pkg_version(1) will tell you what packages
> require updating.
pkg_version works with /usr/ports/INDEX which tends to be outdated.
One has to do make index in /usr/ports (and have the full ports
collection) for it to work as expected, and, of course, ports-all has to
be up-to-date.
I was thinking more about check vs. advisories.

--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]



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