FreeBSD updating - Scan the installed ports and show all UPDATING entries
that affect one of the installed ports. Alternative a list of portnames
could be passed to pkg_updating

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.Dd May 30, 2008 .Dt PKG_UPDATING 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pkg_updating .Nd a utility for displaying UPDATING entries of software packages .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl h .Op Fl d Ar date .Op Fl f Ar file .Op Ar pkg-name ... .Nm .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm command scans the installed ports and show all UPDATING entries that affect one of the installed ports. Alternative a list of pkg-names could be passed. .Sh OPTIONS The following command line options are supported: l -tag -width indent t Ar pkg-name ... UPDATING entries for the named packages are displayed. t Fl d , -date Ar date Only entries newer than .Ar date are shown. Use a YYYYMMDD date format. t Fl f , -file Ar file Defines a alternative location of the UPDATING .Ar file . t Fl h , -help Print help message. .El .Sh EXAMPLES l -tag -width indent .Dl pkg_updating

p Shows all entries of all installed ports.

p .Dl pkg_updating -d 20070101

p Shows all entries of all installed ports since 2007-01-01.

p .Dl pkg_updating apache mysql

p Shows all entries for all apache and mysql ports.

p .Dl pkg_updating -d 20060101 apache

p Shows all apache entries since 2006-01-01.

p .Dl pkg_updating -f /tmp/UPDATING

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

p .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT l -tag -width PKG_DBDIR t Ev PKG_DBDIR Specifies an alternative location for the installed package database. t Ev PORTSDIR Location of the ports tree. .El .Sh FILES l -tag -width /var/db/pkg -compact t Pa /var/db/pkg Default location of the installed package database. t Pa /usr/ports The default ports directory and default location of the UPDATING file .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pkg_add 1 , .Xr pkg_create 1 , .Xr pkg_delete 1 , .Xr pkg_version 1 .Sh AUTHORS .An Beat G�tzi Aq beat@chruetertee.ch .Sh CONTRIBUTORS .An Martin Tournoij Aq carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl .Sh BUGS Sure to be some.