port outdated command works propely after Porticus being installed.

[Kuniaki Mukai]

Now everything is OK.   Thank you very much. 

> Porticus does nothing else than using those commands.

I am grateful for important information. It  makes sure that  at least
Porticus does nothing harmful to MacPorts.

Kuniaki



On Mar 11, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Emmanuel Hainry wrote:

> Citando Kuniaki Mukai :
>>
>> However I have found there is still something wrong
>> with MacPorts on my mac. Here is a new log 
>> of 'port outdated'.
>>
>> % sudo port sync
>> Password:
>> % sudo port selfupdate
>>
>> MacPorts base version 1.700 installed
>> Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.700
>>
>> The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated
>>
>> ( Porticus menu item 'Self Update' being done)
>>
>> % port outdated
>> The following installed ports are outdated:
>> bash                           4.0.0_0 < 4.0.10_0        
>> mpfr                           2.4.1-p2_0 < 2.4.1-p4_0   
>>
>>
>> The new log keeps  me confused. Why does 'port outdated' command work correct 
>> only after selfupdating by Porticus ,  even after 'sudo port sync' or 'sudo port selfupdate.'
>>
>> Kuniaki Mukai
>
>
> 'sync' updates the port index which means the port definitions.
> 'selfupdate' does 'sync' and updates macports itself (the "port"
> command). None of them do upgrade the ports themselves.
>
> So 
>
> port sync; port outdated
>
> will list the ports whose definitions have been updated. If you want to
> upgrade those ports, you need to
>
> port update bash
>
> then port outdated will only list the ports for which there is still a
> definition (portfile) newer than what you have installed.
>
> To sum up, there are portfile which are definitions of ports, that you
> can sync with the 'sync' command; and there are softwares themselves
> (port installed will list what you have installed, port outdated what
> you can upgrade).
>
> Porticus does nothing else than using those commands.
>
> Best,
>
> Emmanuel
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