On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Troels Kofoed Jacobsen <tkjacob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all > > With pkg_version I can easily see which installed ports has newer > versions available, but what I miss is a way to see what has changed. > The reason for this is that commit messages often say that only the > pkg-plist has changed or something that does not make me want to update. > > Right now I'm reading the commit messages from the cvs web frontend, but > it would be awesome with a program that could say: > gd-2.0.35_1,1 < needs updating (index has 2.0.35_2,1) > Commit messages between the versions: > blah blah blah > blah ... ... > ... > > I know freshports exist, but I would rather not have to open a web > browser. > > Does such a program exist or do I have to write my own. In the latter > case can anyone point me to an easy way to get raw-text versions of > commit messages without having to track the whole tree. Does freshports > e.g. have an api -- it has all the necessary information, just not > available in a suitable form (to my knowledge) > > Best regards > Troels Kofoed Jacobsen
I asked this question some time ago and never got a response. I currently just use a browser and visit www.freebsd.org/ports/ and read the commit log there. So far, I haven't found any other alternative. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"