Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:07:48 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: gcross@netspace.net.au Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9902181806470.15262-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <199902181150.WAA13777@whirlwind.netspace.net.au>
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I think mergemaster has a contender for coolest system tool. Way to go. You might want to make it find installed ports that are not in the index file (ports that have been renamed or deleted). On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 gcross@netspace.net.au 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 are now out-of-date and need upgrading.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. > > 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. > > Thanks > Graeme > > -- > Graeme Cross gcross@netspace.net.au > -- | Matthew N. Dodd | 78 280Z | 75 164E | 84 245DL | FreeBSD/NetBSD/Sprite/VMS | | winter@jurai.net | This Space For Rent | ix86,sparc,m68k,pmax,vax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | Are you k-rad elite enough for my webpage? | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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