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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:00:29 -0600 (MDT)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: Checking Installed Ports
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, Warren Block wrote:

> Using pkg_libchk from Dominic Fandrey's excellent sysutils/bsdadminscripts 
> port has helped locate ports that needed to be rebuilt before they became 
> problems.
>
> Now there's pkg check, although I confess to not understanding the man page. 
> Some options appear to check installed packages, while others appear to 
> update stored checksums to match installed files.
>
> There's also pkg audit.
>
> It would be nice to put together a script that checks everything that can 
> possibly be checked.
>
> So:
>
>  pkg_libchk -o
>  pkg check -s (although it produces some false positives, like
>                /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache)
>  pkg audit -F
>
> What else can be tested, preferably without false positives?

I forgot to mention portmaster --check-depends, although I'm not 
positive it works with pkgng.