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PORTUPDATE-SCAN(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual PORTUPDATE-SCAN(8)

portupdate-scan
scan /usr/ports/UPDATING, showing sections for installed ports

portupdate-scan [-dhmuVv] [-a yyyymmdd date] [-D portdir] [--help] [--version]

Reads port-related files, including /usr/ports/UPDATING, and outputs those sections of UPDATING that might be pertinent to this system. Only sections that apply to recognize ports that are known, and not installed are omitted.

The following options are available:

yyyymmdd date
only display sections later than the date specified in yyyymmdd format
portsdir
use portsdir as ports directory instead of /usr/ports
output additional debugging information
, --help
output command usage information and exit
for MIXED sections, show breakdown of which ports are installed and not installed. The verbose information from the v flag is a superset of this.
output information on uninstalled ports (default: off)
output more verbose information
, --version
output version information and exit

The portupdate-scan utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

/usr/ports/UPDATING
port update news
/usr/ports/INDEX
port index file
/usr/ports/MOVED
record of port renames and deletions

Basic normal operation:

portupdate-scan

To include details of installed/uninstalled ports for MIXED sections:

portupdate-scan -m

ports(7)

Alex Stangl ⟨alex@stangl.us⟩

The concept of machine-interpreting the AFFECTS: line in /usr/ports/UPDATING, which were intended for human consumption, is dubious. It would be nice to evolve some more robust method for communicating this information.
November 5, 2007 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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