How do I tell what variants I used to install a port?

[Emmanuel Hainry]

Citando Chris Janton :
> Hi
>
> some days are better than others.
>
> Some time ago I did a
>
> 	port install php5 {some set of variants here}
>
> Today I do
>
> 	port selfupdate
> 	port list outdated

The list command is used to display the list of ports available and
their versions. port list outdated lists the portfile version of the
outdated ports.

You should use 'port outdated'.
>
> and learn that my php5 is outdated. OK. Not sure why since
>
> 	port list installed
>
> shows
>
> 	php5                           @5.2.4          www/php5
>
> and the outdated list indicates the same version number.

You should use 'port installed php5' to get the info. It will also tell
you which variants you slected.

>
> If I do
>
> 	port upgrade php5
>
> I get a number of ports installed/upgraded (e.g. libxslt).
>
> I *assume* that the upgrade will install the latest version of php5 just 
> like I did it before, with all of the variants the same.

Yes, the variants you selected get preserved by upgrades (as long as
they still exist, and unless some bugs...)

>
> I sure wish I could remember what those variants were, just in case I 
> wanted to do a
>
> 	port install php5 {variants}
>
> on a different system, or to add a note to my black book.
>

Just remember that list is generally not interesting. The different
commands you should remember are install, uninstall, upgrade, outdated,
installed, variants, and info.


Emmanuel