From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 06:34:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5CAC37B401 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:34:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B727943FE9 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:34:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5PDYS1I093933 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:34:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h5PDYS9v093932; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:34:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:34:28 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Mathieu Arnold Message-ID: <20030625133428.GG90078@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Mathieu Arnold , philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <172827733.1056542583@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net> <20030625102506.GA11712@rfc-networks.ie> <177142617.1056546898@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8/pVXlBMPtxfSuJG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <177142617.1056546898@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking wether perl ports are up to date X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:34:53 -0000 --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 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 : > |> > |=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--