From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 13:13:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D317106566B for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:13:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from mx1.bjare.net (mx1.bjare.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C6F8FC14 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:13:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42525E15F; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:50:19 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx1.bjare.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.357 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.357 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.243, BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] Received: from mx1.bjare.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.bjare.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id xuA6WBH08ALN; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:50:16 +0100 (CET) X-BN-MX1: ja X-BN-MailInfo: BjareNet Received: from bljbsd01.no-ip.org (c-195-216-040-164.static.bjare.net [195.216.40.164]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 421535E022; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:50:06 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4D1DD253.7010301@eskk.nu> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:53:39 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; sv-SE; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101212 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Trulsson References: <20101230161900.GA19325@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101230171647.GA11451@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20101230171647.GA11451@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sterling@camdensoftware.com, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Detecting updates to ports not installed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:13:37 -0000 On 2010-12-30 18:16, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 08:19:00AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: >> Hello fellow BSDophiles, >> >> The chromium port is trying my patience. I'm not using it now, because of >> its unpatched vulnerabilities. Buit I'm keeping it installed, so I'll be >> notified by portversion when an update comes through. Is there a more >> excellent way to receive the same sort of notification for a port that is >> not installed? > > I think you can use http://www.freshports.org for that purpose. > (I have never used it myself, but it looks like it should do the > trick.) > > Freshports have an RSS feed that'll keep you up to date with changes. I use it myself, it is very useful. /Leslie