Determining changes made by port sync

[Chris Jones]

The other thing you could try is run

port outdated

before and after running sync, and compare the results ...

On 31/08/18 12:02, Chris Jones wrote:
> 
> Depends. I work with a full git clone of the ports tree so I see that 
> being updated and the subsequent portindex running on it.
> 
> On 31/08/18 10:30, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> Thanks, Chris. What should I see in the output if ports were updated 
>> vs. if no changes occurred?
>>
>> On Friday, August 31, 2018, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk 
>> <mailto:jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>      > sudo port -d sync
>>
>>     On 31/08/18 10:22, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         Is there any way to determine whether a run of port sync or port
>>         selfupdate actually updated any ports? Though it would be nice,
>>         I don't necessarily need to know which ports were updated, just
>>         whether or not *any* ports were updated.
>>
>>         Thanks.
>>