Comparing installed versus new versions of ports

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Thu Jun 17 11:38:37 PDT 2010


On 2010-6-18 04:34 , Perry Lee wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to know a good way to compare what's installed and
>> out-of-date with what's available.
>>
>> If I say "port installed outdated", I get a list of what's installed,
>> that's out of date, with the installed version.
>> But it doesn't show me the new version information.
>>
>> Is there a way to get this in Macports?
> 
> Use `port list outdated`.
> 
>>From the man page:
> 
>    list
>      If no argument is given, display a list of the latest version of all available ports.  If portname(s) are
>      given as arguments, display a list of the latest version of each port.

What's wrong with 'port outdated'?

- Josh


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