From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 22:25:26 2009 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 CD57B1065672 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:25:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex@stangl.us) Received: from stangl.us (stangl.us [66.93.193.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A12458FC0A for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:25:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex@stangl.us) Received: by scout.stangl.us (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E7E66B83A; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:25:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:25:25 -0500 From: Alex Stangl To: utisoft@gmail.com Message-ID: <20090621222525.GA81694@scout.stangl.us> References: <200906212038.39370.meslists@yahoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: meslists@yahoo.fr, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports: time to do it ? 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: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:25:27 -0000 On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:07:51PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/6/21 danny : > > I frequently update the contents of the ports tree but I have never upgraded > > any port. I am studying the way to do it, by following the handbook and an > > article on The FreeBSD Diary about the use of portupgrade. > > At the moment I am focuing the attention to the '/usr/ports/UPDATING' file. > > The question that arose is the following: is there any automated way to check > > if any of the port to be upgraded has specific upgrading notes written in > > that file ? Try ports-mgmt/portupdate-scan. It attempts to filter UPDATING to only show entries pertinent to your installed ports. Alex