Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:34:28 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking wether perl ports are up to date Message-ID: <20030625133428.GG90078@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <177142617.1056546898@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net> References: <172827733.1056542583@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net> <20030625102506.GA11712@rfc-networks.ie> <177142617.1056546898@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net>
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--8/pVXlBMPtxfSuJG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:14:58PM +0200, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >=20 >=20 > +-le 25/06/2003 10:25 +0000, Philip Reynolds =E9crivait : > | Mathieu Arnold <m@absolight.net> 14 lines of wisdom included: > |> Hi, > |>=20 > |> I have a few perl ports, and I was wondering of a way to check wether > |> they were up to date automatically so that i could update them. > |>=20 > |> I can't believe it won't be useful to someone, so I've put it there : > |> <http://www.mat.cc/freebsd/check.pl>; > |=20 > | Uh, portupgrade? :) > |=20 > | $PORTSDIR/sysutils/portupgrade >=20 > I was talking about the ports being up to date with the last version of t= he > perl module (taken from cpan). >=20 > --=20 > Mathieu Arnold Even if you install perl modules exclusively from ports, you should still be able to run: % perl -MCPAN -e shell and then type the 'r' command to see which of your installed packages have updates available on CPAN. Using CPAN to overwrite a package initially installed as a FreeBSD port would be a mistake though: better to pkg_delete first and install the package from scratch with CPAN afterwards. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --8/pVXlBMPtxfSuJG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE++aTkdtESqEQa7a0RAqYgAJ9ev2T0Ri25ahDPHsVXF9Yr/sZ/gwCfVtvE qP/iZ8Mu1DyoiW6jf9NKYr4= =Q8ot -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8/pVXlBMPtxfSuJG--
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