Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:51:18 +0100 From: "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk> To: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portversion and pkg_version have different opinions on current versions Message-ID: <20090815155118.GA95453@titania.njm.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <B787D58E-9157-48E7-ADF3-E8D54F8AF22F@exscape.org> References: <B787D58E-9157-48E7-ADF3-E8D54F8AF22F@exscape.org>
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In message <B787D58E-9157-48E7-ADF3-E8D54F8AF22F@exscape.org>,
Thomas Backman (serenity@exscape.org) wrote:
> First off: not subscribed to this list, please make sure to Cc me or I
> won't see your answers! :)
>
> Oh, and I use portsnap, in crontab:
> 0 19 * * * portsnap -I cron update
>
> So, long story short:
>
> [root@chaos ~]# pkgdb -aF
> ---> Checking the package registry database
> [root@chaos ~]# portversion -l '<'
> dnsmasq <
> ezm3 <
> libtool <
> python26 <
> [root@chaos ~]# pkg_version | awk '$2 !~ /=/'
> [root@chaos ~]# portupgrade -a
> [root@chaos ~]#
I do not have portversion on my system so I assume it is part of
portupgrade or some other tool. I find pkg_version works fine for
letting me know what needs updating after doing a CVSup. BTW you do not
need to use awk in the above, e.g.
pkg_version -L =
will show only those ports which are not up-to-date, RTFM for details.
:-)
Some years ago I tried using portupgrade, but had all sorts of problems
with its database getting corrupted. In desparation I tried portmaster
and have been a very happy since. (Thanks Doug!).
[...]
> I don't care overly much about having the bleeding-edge version, but
> I'd rather not, as I currently have, use packages with known
> vulnerabilities (I do know about portaudit, though, and will give that
> a check). For instance, I just noticed yesterday that I needed to
> upgrade apr, among about 6-7 other packages; the apr vulnerability had
> been known for a while before I updated.
I think portaudit is definitely worth having installed. You can always
ignore its warnings if you want to.
Cheers,
Nick.
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