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Date:      Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:39:55 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexander@Leidinger.net
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info info.h main.c src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib global.c lib.h src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/version main.c perform.c pkg_version.1
Message-ID:  <20041018173955.GB5737@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <1098101272.4173b21825a40@netchild.homeip.net>
References:  <200410180534.i9I5YsGn053852@repoman.freebsd.org> <1098101272.4173b21825a40@netchild.homeip.net>

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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 02:07:52PM +0200, Alexander@Leidinger.net wrote:
> Zitat von "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>:
> 
> >   Add a -q flag to pkg_version.  It suppresses the output of <,=,>.
> >   This makes it possible to "portupgrade `pkg_version -q -l '<'`".
> 
> What's the difference between this and "portupgrade -a"? Even when you intent
> to filter the output of pkg_version first I don't see the need for it,
> portupgrade has an exclude feature.

I also sometimes add a "| grep -v firefox" to the command line.  One
might also want to use the output of pkg_version for other things where
the <,=,> gets in the way.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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