From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 24 17:04:42 2006 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 2B61216A407 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:04:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: from smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CED0D13C479 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:04:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 57869 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2006 16:38:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=NP8QRdbHMLIHA/G66l6h8sM71gVNGZ4sTCyhtFIGCTtEUGs6uZzoMuhA++SfXyF/SuJNIhKeuTNXLOKrsEk/MXwqpSWePuHyBbumBW6I+sRHNi9EWnDdUgWn6vL0xoqVfhnYHCLeSu7o3yxXwlO4pJyGnTYMj4cj8l5D/TMztC0= ; Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net@75.8.80.184 with plain) by smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Dec 2006 16:38:00 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: Yduwx2EVM1kcBa5gTGSJYLxu_HEdJEbJWhX2b8llw0njVfVTnqqWfn4aoJ4_U3zV_j8guaHd4wv3GcJCHBHsLIentlQlUJjhNsLUdy0xkU0tco1wPvMBIQ-- Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:36:42 -0600 From: ajm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061224163642.GA736@powerfull.bsd> References: <20061224054239.GA4470@lgj.amnesia.net> <20061224143625.0d78c901@gumby.homeunix.com> <20061224152154.GB94439@lgj.amnesia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061224152154.GB94439@lgj.amnesia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: portversion vs. pkg_version 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, 24 Dec 2006 17:04:42 -0000 On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 11:21:54PM +0800, Edward G.J. Lee wrote: > On Sun, Dec 24, 2006, RW wrote: > > Personally, I don't like to get version information from the INDEX > > file, I'd rather get an accurate answer, than a fast one. Another > > reason I don't like portversion is that it's forever asking me to run > > pkgdb. Aside from being a pain, it makes portversion unsuitable for use > > in scripts. > > You are right. INDEX file will not allways up to date. > > > Edward I have used both pkg_version and portversion. I perfer pkg_version. I use it in the following way: portsnap fetch && portsnap update pkg_version -voIL'=' portsnap creates an index file faster than pkgdb...if you use it often. I like to portsnap once a week. otherwise use the pkg_verison without the 'I' -- Alexander FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386