[MacPorts] #44946: Add method of showing installed & available versions of outdated ports at once

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#44946: Add method of showing installed & available versions of outdated ports at
once
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  Reporter:  macports@…   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  base         |    Version:  2.3.1
Resolution:  invalid      |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * status:  new => closed
 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)
 * resolution:   => invalid


Old description:

> # port echo outdated
> # port installed outdated
> # port list outdated
>
> the first two show me the current installed versions of my outdated
> ports, the third shows me the available version that i could install
>
> if the set of outdated ports is short, it's easy to run both commands and
> compare, but its very hard to see what changes will actually happen with
> a long list
>
> i suspect there may be issues changing the default output format of
> either command (?) but would it be possible to add a way of optionally
> seeing both installed + available versions listed side by side?
>
> e.g. by having the installed or available ports shown in verbose mode for
> one/more of these commands (e.g. port -v list outdated), or by adding an
> option to one of the commands to show both installed + available versions
> (e.g. port list -v outdated)
>
> i've looked for other ways of 'joining' this information, and the closest
> i can find is port -y upgrade outdated, which is about 3x the output and
> much harder for human-parsing...
>
> this may also (slightly) overlap with #26028, at least in terms of user-
> interest if not functionality

New description:

 {{{
 # port echo outdated
 # port installed outdated
 # port list outdated
 }}}

 the first two show me the current installed versions of my outdated ports,
 the third shows me the available version that i could install

 if the set of outdated ports is short, it's easy to run both commands and
 compare, but its very hard to see what changes will actually happen with a
 long list

 i suspect there may be issues changing the default output format of either
 command (?) but would it be possible to add a way of optionally seeing
 both installed + available versions listed side by side?

 e.g. by having the installed or available ports shown in verbose mode for
 one/more of these commands (e.g. port -v list outdated), or by adding an
 option to one of the commands to show both installed + available versions
 (e.g. port list -v outdated)

 i've looked for other ways of 'joining' this information, and the closest
 i can find is port -y upgrade outdated, which is about 3x the output and
 much harder for human-parsing...

 this may also (slightly) overlap with #26028, at least in terms of user-
 interest if not functionality

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Comment:

 The command you are looking for is:

 {{{
 port outdated
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44946#comment:1>
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