From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Aug 26 20:40:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA24105 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:40:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stennis.ca.sandia.gov (stennis.ca.sandia.gov [146.246.243.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA24100 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:40:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmah@stennis.ca.sandia.gov) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by stennis.ca.sandia.gov (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA06368; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:40:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808270340.UAA06368@stennis.ca.sandia.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV Subject: pkg_version tool, revisited From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) Reply-To: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV X-Face: g~c`.{#4q0"(V*b#g[i~rXgm*w;:nMfz%_RZLma)UgGN&=j`5vXoU^@n5v4:OO)c["!w)nD/!!~e4Sj7LiT'6*wZ83454H""lb{CC%T37O!!'S$S&D}sem7I[A 2V%N&+ X-Url: http://www.ca.sandia.gov/~bmah/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_399063936P"; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:40:00 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --==_Exmh_399063936P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all-- A little while ago, I posted a Perl5 script called pkg_version to -hackers that would produce a report of the installed versions of packages/ports, comparing them against the INDEX file (either on the local filesystem or retrieved over the network). I've made a few changes since then (hopefully they're improvements), including a manpage. I'm wondering what's the best way to make the new 'n' improved version available, in an easier-to-find place than a list posting? Should I do this as a port, despite the fact that the script and manpage together are only about 12KB, and they're fairly FreeBSD-specific? It seems to me I could almost package this up in such a way as to make the port self-contained... This presumes that pkg_version is actually a useful tool. Three people (including myself) have found it helpful, and so far no one's complained, so I assume so. :-) Thanks, Bruce. PS. Feedback encouraged. --==_Exmh_399063936P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNeTVD6jOOi0j7CY9AQHv8AP/XfLAx4MuXu/HRT3fh8Hy2YnmitNvVase JR0M3EqLZaWG2EI70CUSbVs4cdKLb/+E9uqK4cQ+eXiTfxsr4Qd75xn4ZM4PB3P8 i+DY1JJdjv7wU+2V2yimKKA/3VyOar/CwiGSOyEoXDRn8dc3fgbxkvu2sTDSbxQF bhmjY0IUIus= =D6r/ -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --==_Exmh_399063936P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message