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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:16:47 +0100
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Detecting updates to ports not installed
Message-ID:  <20101230171647.GA11451@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20101230161900.GA19325@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
References:  <20101230161900.GA19325@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>

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On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 08:19:00AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
> Hello fellow BSDophiles,
> 
> The chromium port is trying my patience.  I'm not using it now, because of
> its unpatched vulnerabilities.  Buit I'm keeping it installed, so I'll be
> notified by portversion when an update comes through.  Is there a more
> excellent way to receive the same sort of notification for a port that is
> not installed?

I think you can use http://www.freshports.org for that purpose.
(I have never used it myself, but it looks like it should do the
trick.)




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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se



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