Determining changes made by port sync

[Bruce Johnson]

AFK right now but I should be able to do something with that. Thanks.

On Friday, August 31, 2018, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> 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 port outdated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.
>>>
>>>
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