PORTUPDATE-SCAN(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PORTUPDATE-SCAN(8)NAMEportupdate-scan — scan /usr/ports/UPDATING, showing sections for
installed ports
SYNOPSISportupdate-scan [-dhmuVv] [-a yyyymmdd date] [-D portdir] [--help]
[--version]
DESCRIPTION
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:
-a yyyymmdd date
only display sections later than the date specified in yyyymmdd
format
-D portsdir
use portsdir as ports directory instead of /usr/ports
-d output additional debugging information
-h, --help
output command usage information and exit
-m 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.
-u output information on uninstalled ports (default: off)
-v output more verbose information
-V, --version
output version information and exit
EXIT STATUS
The portupdate-scan utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error
occurs.
FILES
/usr/ports/UPDATING port update news
/usr/ports/INDEX port index file
/usr/ports/MOVED record of port renames and deletions
EXAMPLES
Basic normal operation:
portupdate-scan
To include details of installed/uninstalled ports for MIXED sections:
portupdate-scan-m
SEE ALSOports(7)AUTHORS
Alex Stangl ⟨alex@stangl.us⟩
BUGS
The concept of machine-interpreting the AFFECTS: line in
/usr/ports/UPDATING, which were intended for human consumption, is dubi‐
ous. It would be nice to evolve some more robust method for communicating
this information.
BSD November 5, 2007 BSD
