From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 04:28:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D00EA16A41F for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 04:28:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE14013C45B for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 04:28:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4O4SPLw030043 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 23 May 2007 21:28:25 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-166-149-71.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.166.149.71]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4O4SOlO017752 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 23 May 2007 21:28:25 -0700 Message-ID: <46551491.7060401@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 21:29:05 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pieter de Goeje References: <46529E35.7080401@ant.uni-bremen.de> <20070523173046.48841db3@localhost> <200705231432.42204.> In-Reply-To: <200705231432.42204.> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.5.23.210940 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: RW , Norberto Meijome , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "illoai@gmail.com" Subject: Re: "portmanager -s" deletes ports? 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: Thu, 24 May 2007 04:28:33 -0000 Pieter de Goeje wrote: > On Wednesday 23 May 2007, illoai@gmail.com wrote: >> On 23/05/07, Norberto Meijome wrote: >>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 03:15:05 +0100 >>> >>> RW wrote: >>>> pkg_version -vl"<" will give you a list of out of date ports. >>> Alternatively, >>> >>> portversion -v | grep \< >>> >>> eg: >>> >>> [betom@ayiin] [Wed May 23 17:26:33 2007] >>> /usr/home/betom >>> $ portversion -v | grep \< >>> [Updating the portsdb in /var/tmp ... - 17232 port >>> entries found >>> .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000........ >>> .6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000.. >>> .......12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000...... >>> ...17000.. ..... done] eclipse-3.2.1_1 < needs updating (port >>> has 3.2.1_3) en-openoffice.org-GB-2.2.0 < [held] needs updating (port >>> has 2.2.0_1) gnomehier-2.2_1 < needs updating (port has >>> 2.2_2) >> % pkg_version -vL= >> (slow, but works for 7.x) > I believe it is safe (for now) to symlink INDEX-6 as INDEX-7. This will allow > pkg_version -I to be used on -CURRENT. >> or >> % pkg_version -vIL= >> (faster, assuming you have an up-to-date INDEX, 5.x or 6.x) >> if you don't use ports-mgmt/portupgrade > > - Pieter de Goeje This will may change in the future, so I don't suggest doing that. INDEX-7 is automatically downloaded when you get "make fetchindex" anyhow, so why do you want to symlink the two Indeces? -Garrett