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Date:      Tue, 02 May 2000 22:19:49 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Easy way to upgrade ports?
Message-ID:  <390FB6F5.8D87E94B@3-cities.com>
References:  <20000503141130.M8284@freebie.lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> I've just installed a new machine, and have vowed not to carry over my
> old, crufty ports, but to install the latest versions instead.  But
> how do I find out which ones I need?  I can use pkg_info to tell me
> the names of the currently installed ports, but that doesn't even tell
> me which directory they came from, let alone what the name of the
> current port is.  Have I missed something, or is this something we
> need to look at?

It has been my experience to use "pkg_version -c" to flag crufty
ports. It provides you with a cd path and the current version. I
frequently grep /cdrom/packages/INDEX for the location. It provides
the hierachy that you will find under /usr/ports/

Kent

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