Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 13:32:49 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> To: fxn@isoco.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: doubts on maintaining ports Message-ID: <20020122213249.8E2435D31@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:23:52 %2B0100." <20020122222352.430269b5.fxn@isoco.com>
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> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:23:52 +0100 > From: F.Xavier Noria <fxn@isoco.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > I have some doubts on maintaining ports: > > 1. After running cvsup (with GUI if necessary) how could one > know whether there are new or removed ports? > > 2. I use "portversion -l '<'" to see which installed ports have > a new version, but often I would like to know the actual new > version number to decide whether it's worth updating or not. > Is there any standard utility or way to do this or do I need > to write my own script? > > 3. I would like to run "make readme" just on modified ports, > whether they are installed or not, what would be a suitable > way to accomplish it? Try "portversion -vL =". It will list new and old version numbers along with other relevant details like whether a port has been removed. (But it won't tell you if it's marked BROKEN or FORBIDDEN.) Don't forget to run 'portsdb -Uu' every time you cvsup. If make is working correctly and you have already done a 'make readme' on the full ports tree, a new 'make readme' should only re-make the README files in ports that have been changed. Other than that, you would need to read the cvsup log an manually update the modified port. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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