port version

eoghan freebsd at redry.net
Sun Oct 9 11:57:36 PDT 2005


On 9 Oct 2005, at 17:02, David Kirchner wrote:

> On 10/9/05, eoghan <freebsd at redry.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>> I have done some searching but not really found my answer. I was
>> wondering if there is a way to check port version? I cvsup'd my ports
>> and id like to check version of some ports before I install them...
>> I know many have the version in the dir like mysql. But for example /
>> usr/ports/X11/kde3/
>> I dont know if this is 3.4 or 3.5? I have checked the make file...
>> But I dont see the version.
>> Thanks
>> Eoghan
>>
>
> pkg_info, which is a part of the base system, will parse the package
> database (/var/db/pkg) and tell you what you want to know, I believe.
> I don't know how well it works for "meta" packages such as kde or
> gnome, but it may help you out.
>

Thanks all. Will check out these suggestions.
Eoghan



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