"portmanager -s" deletes ports?

[Pieter de Goeje]

On Wednesday 23 May 2007, illoai at gmail.com wrote:
> On 23/05/07, Norberto Meijome <freebsd at meijome.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 May 2007 03:15:05 +0100
> >
> > RW <fbsd06 at mlists.homeunix.com> wrote:
> > > pkg_version -vl"<" will give you a list of out of date ports.
> >
> > Alternatively,
> >
> > portversion -v | grep \<
> >
> > eg:
> >
> > [betom at ayiin] [Wed May 23 17:26:33 2007]
> > /usr/home/betom
> > $ portversion -v | grep \<
> > [Updating the portsdb <format:bdb_btree> in /var/tmp ... - 17232 port
> > entries found
> > .........1000.........2000.........3000.........4000.........5000........
> >.6000.........7000.........8000.........9000.........10000.........11000..
> >.......12000.........13000.........14000.........15000.........16000......
> >...17000.. ..... done] eclipse-3.2.1_1             <  needs updating (port
> > has 3.2.1_3) en-openoffice.org-GB-2.2.0  <  [held] needs updating (port
> > has 2.2.0_1) gnomehier-2.2_1             <  needs updating (port has
> > 2.2_2)
>
> % pkg_version -vL=
> (slow, but works for 7.x)
I believe it is safe (for now) to symlink INDEX-6 as INDEX-7. This will allow 
pkg_version -I to be used on -CURRENT.
> or
> % pkg_version -vIL=
> (faster, assuming you have an up-to-date INDEX, 5.x or 6.x)
> if you don't use ports-mgmt/portupgrade

- Pieter de Goeje