Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:07:44 +1100 (EST) From: gcross@netspace.net.au To: brett@lariat.org Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool Message-ID: <199902182111.IAA13073@whirlwind.netspace.net.au> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990218125208.04019eb0@mail.lariat.org>
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On 18 Feb, Brett Glass wrote: > At 03:01 PM 2/18/99 +0100, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > >>At 22.47 18/02/99 +1100, you wrote: >>>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are now out-of-date and need upgrading.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. > > What do you do if the ports for that version have vanished? I have > one 2.2.7 machine; when it looks for ports for 2.2.7, it says > it can't find them anymore. Brett, is this a problem with my script (eg. it is failing to find an INDEX file) or are you making a more general statement about the moving nature of available ports & packages for FreeBSD? Cheers Graeme -- Graeme Cross gcross@netspace.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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