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PKG-UPDATING(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual PKG-UPDATING(8)

pkg updating
display UPDATING entries of software packages

pkg updating [-i] [-d date] [-f file] [pkg-name ...]


pkg updating [--case-insensitive] [--date date] [--file file] [pkg-name ...]

The pkg updating command scans the installed ports and show all UPDATING entries that affect one of the installed ports. Alternatively, a list of pkg-names could be passed.

The following options are supported by pkg updating:
pkg-name ...
UPDATING entries for the named packages are displayed.
, --case-insensitive
Matching against pkg-name case insensitive.
date, --date date
Only entries newer than date are shown. Use a YYYYMMDD date format.
file, --file file
Defines a alternative location of the UPDATING file.

The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg updating:
Location of the ports tree.

See pkg.conf(5).

Shows all entries of all installed ports:
% pkg updating

Shows all entries of all installed ports since 2012-01-01:

% pkg updating -d 20120101

Shows all entries for all apache and mysql ports:

% pkg updating apache mysql

Shows all apache entries since 2012-01-01:

% pkg updating -d 20120101 apache

Defines that the UPDATING file is in /tmp and shows all entries of all installed ports:

% pkg updating -f /tmp/UPDATING

pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-keywords(5), pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5), pkg-script(5), pkg-triggers(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-alias(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-backup(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8), pkg-stats(8), pkg-triggers(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)
April 3, 2018 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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