Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:23:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: gcross@netspace.net.au Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool Message-ID: <199902181623.IAA06239@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:47:04 %2B1100." <199902181150.WAA13777@whirlwind.netspace.net.au>
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> I haven't found a tool that will look at the current ports index file, > then look at the ports installed on my system and tell me which ports > are now out-of-date and need upgrading. > > So, I have written a Python program that will do just that. > > It will work with either a local copy of a current ports INDEX file, or > fetch one (via ftp or http) from a FreeBSD site. > > Out of sheer originality, I have named it portcheck, and you can read > about it and download the tarball from: > > http://www.netspace.net.au/~gcross/portcheck.html > > I would appreciate comments, bug reports, etc, before I announce it to > a wider audience. You could have added it into PIB... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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