Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:24:52 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Subject: Re: "portmanager -s" deletes ports? Message-ID: <200705241224.53906.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <46551491.7060401@u.washington.edu> References: <46529E35.7080401@ant.uni-bremen.de> <200705231432.42204.> <46551491.7060401@u.washington.edu>
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On Thursday 24 May 2007, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Pieter de Goeje wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 May 2007, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > >> On 23/05/07, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote: > >>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 03:15:05 +0100 > >>> > >>> RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote: > >>>> pkg_version -vl"<" will give you a list of out of date ports. > >>> > >>> Alternatively, > >>> > >>> portversion -v | grep \< > >>> > >>> eg: > >>> > >>> [betom@ayiin] [Wed May 23 17:26:33 2007] > >>> /usr/home/betom > >>> $ portversion -v | grep \< > >>> [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/tmp ... - 17232 port > >>> entries found > >>> .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000...... > >>>.. > >>> .6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........1100 > >>>0.. > >>> .......12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000... > >>>... ...17000.. ..... done] eclipse-3.2.1_1 < needs updating > >>> (port has 3.2.1_3) en-openoffice.org-GB-2.2.0 < [held] needs updating > >>> (port has 2.2.0_1) gnomehier-2.2_1 < needs updating (port > >>> has 2.2_2) > >> > >> % pkg_version -vL= > >> (slow, but works for 7.x) > > > > I believe it is safe (for now) to symlink INDEX-6 as INDEX-7. This will > > allow pkg_version -I to be used on -CURRENT. > > > >> or > >> % pkg_version -vIL= > >> (faster, assuming you have an up-to-date INDEX, 5.x or 6.x) > >> if you don't use ports-mgmt/portupgrade > > > > - Pieter de Goeje > > This will may change in the future, so I don't suggest doing that. > INDEX-7 is automatically downloaded when you get "make fetchindex" > anyhow, so why do you want to symlink the two Indeces? > -Garrett So I can use portsnap (which installs/updates INDEX-6). - Pieter de Goeje
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