Mr. Lee:
imho, portversion(uses the INDEX file to look up port versions) is
like the desktop search(searh an index file), and the pkg_version(
queries the port
versions directly) is like the find command(search the entire disk);)
use portversion instead, it's efficient cause it use port
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:42:39 +0800
Edward G.J. Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
What's the difference between `portversion' and `pkg_version -I'?
Probably not much. pkg_version is part of the base-system, portversion
is one of the portupgrade package tools. Since portversion was
Thanks, Sherry,
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006, Sherry Zhang wrote:
Mr. Lee:
imho, portversion(uses the INDEX file to look up port versions) is
like the desktop search(searh an index file), and the pkg_version(
queries the port
versions directly) is like the find command(search the entire disk);)
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006, RW wrote:
Personally, I don't like to get version information from the INDEX
file, I'd rather get an accurate answer, than a fast one. Another
reason I don't like portversion is that it's forever asking me to run
pkgdb. Aside from being a pain, it makes portversion
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 11:21:54PM +0800, Edward G.J. Lee wrote:
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006, RW wrote:
Personally, I don't like to get version information from the INDEX
file, I'd rather get an accurate answer, than a fast one. Another
reason I don't like portversion is that it's forever asking
Hi all,
What's the difference between `portversion' and `pkg_version -I'?
Thanks.
Edward
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