From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 18 13:11:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from otis.netspace.net.au (oldotis.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.190]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD1011844 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:11:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from graeme@netspace.net.au) Received: from whirlwind.netspace.net.au (whirlwind.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.70]) by otis.netspace.net.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/NS) with ESMTP id IAA29684; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:11:08 +1100 (EST) Received: from netspace.net.au (dialup-t1-215.Melbourne.netspace.net.au [210.15.250.215]) by whirlwind.netspace.net.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/NS) with ESMTP id IAA14009; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:13:32 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199902182113.IAA14009@whirlwind.netspace.net.au> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:09:44 +1100 (EST) From: gcross@netspace.net.au Reply-To: gcross@netspace.net.au Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool To: unfurl@dub.net Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19990218092036.A41753@dub.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 18 Feb, Unfurl wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 10:47:04PM +1100, gcross@netspace.net.au wrote: >> I haven't found a tool that will look at the current ports index file, >> then look at the ports installed on my system and tell me which ports >> are now out-of-date and need upgrading. >> >> So, I have written a Python program that will do just that. >> >> It will work with either a local copy of a current ports INDEX file, or >> fetch one (via ftp or http) from a FreeBSD site. >> > Why not just use cvsup? 1. AFAIK, cvsup only upgrades, it doesn't advise 2. Not everyone can or does use cvsup Cheers Graeme -- Graeme Cross gcross@netspace.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message